Controlling Surface Termination and Facet Orientation in Cu2O Nanoparticles for High Photocatalytic Activity: A Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 8100-8106

  Su, Yang ^a   Li, Hongfei ^a   Ma, Hanbin ^a   Robertson, John ^a   Nathan, Arokia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cuprous oxide; DFT; facet orientation; photocatalyst; surface termination

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CUPROUS OXIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY SIMULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH-ENERGY BARRIERS; HYDROXYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SURFACE TERMINATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 85014832805     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15648     Document Type: Article

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