Template-free fabrication of nano-sized Cu2O hollow spheres, sheets and octahedrons in cu-citrate system and their morphology-dependent semiconductor type

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Gu, Yonge ^a   Ye, Xiaoliang ^a   Zhang, Yuzhen ^a   Wang, Chunming ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu citrate; Morphology dependent; Semiconductor characters; Template free

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SEMICONDUCTOR CHARACTERS; TEMPLATE-FREE; TEMPLATE-FREE FABRICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; CUPROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84861685882     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341312800620296     Document Type: Article

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