Facile synthesis of hollow Cu2O octahedral and spherical nanocrystals and their morphology-dependent photocatalytic properties

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Feng, Lili ^a   Zhang, Chunlei ^a   Gao, Guo ^a   Cui, Daxiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Cuprous oxide; Hollow structure; Octahedral nanocrystals; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPHERES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISM; CUPROUS OXIDE; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; OCTAHEDRAL MORPHOLOGY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SPHERICAL NANOCRYSTALS; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 84864005147     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-276     Document Type: Article

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