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Facile Synthesis of Cu2O Nanocubes and Their Enhanced Photocatalytic Property Assisted by H2O2

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.14354
Juncui Xu
School of Chemical Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, P.R. China ; Department of Chemical and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei 230061, Anhui Province, P.R. China
Hui Wang
School of Chemical Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, P.R. China
Heyun Gu
School of Chemical Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, P.R. China
Chunyan Zeng
School of Chemical Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, P.R. China
Yumei Yang
School of Chemical Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, P.R. China

Corresponding Author(s) : Juncui Xu

xxjjcz20000214@yahoo.cn

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25 No. 3 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 3

Abstract

Well-defined and uniform Cu2O nanocubes with an average edge length of about 170 nm have been successfully synthesized in the absence of any surfactant using home-made CuC2O4 as precursor at room temperature. The composition, structure and morphology of the obtained products have been characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscope and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. The experimental results demonstrate that the Cu2O nanocubes exhibit enhanced photocatalytic property for high concentration (100 mg/L) of acid fuchsin degradation under UV light in the presence of H2O2. The factors affecting the acid fuchsin photocatalytic degradation have been investigated, such as irradiation, photocatalyst concentration and hydrogen peroxide initial concentration.

Keywords

Cu2O nanocubes Photocatalytic activity Acid fuchsin Hydrogen peroxide
Xu, J., Wang, H., Gu, H., Zeng, C., & Yang, Y. (2012). Facile Synthesis of Cu2O Nanocubes and Their Enhanced Photocatalytic Property Assisted by H2O2. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25(3), 1733–1736. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.14354
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