INORGANICCHEMICALSINDUSTRY ›› 2013, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 56-.

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Preparation of cuprous oxide micro/nanostructures and photo-catalytic activity thereof

 BAO   Mi, LIU  Sheng-Yan, KUANG  Li-Li, WANG   Fan, WEN  Yan-Xuan   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Guangxi University,Nanning 530004,China
  • Published:2013-01-15

Abstract: Cuprous oxide micro/nanostructures with various morphologies were successfully synthesized by using amino acids to reduce the coordinated Cu2+ in basic solution by hydrothermal method.The effects of amino acid reducing agents on the structure,size,and morphologies of cuprous oxide microcrystals were investigated,and the possible formation mechanism of cuprous oxide microcrystals was proposed.Result showed that the amino acids exhibited good structure-directing activities.The photo-catalytic activity of as-prepared cuprous oxide microcrystal for decomposition of methyl blue was investigated,in which the morphology-dependent catalytic properties were revealed.

Key words: hydrothermal method, cuprous oxide, photo-catalysis

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