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- Title
CTAB-assisted synthesis of eight-horn-shaped Cu<sub>2</sub>O crystals via a simple solution approach.
- Authors
Yuan, Zhongyun; Zhang, Yanfei; Chen, Huiyu; Xu, Chunju
- Abstract
A novel type of eight-horn-shaped Cu2O microstructures with a high degree of symmetry in structure was prepared via a simple solution route. The copper(II) chloride dehydrate was reduced by glucose as an environmental friendly reductant in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant. The size of these Cu2O crystals is about 4 µm, and the total 24 edges of eight horns are truncated. The obtained Cu2O was characterized by XRD, SEM, and HRTEM techniques, and the results showed that the formation of such eight-horn-shaped Cu2O microstructures was strongly depended on the addition of CTAB. This work might provide a low-cost and naturally abundant microstructured material for use in electronic devices and catalysis.
- Subjects
COPPER compounds synthesis; MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE active agents; X-ray diffraction; SCANNING electron microscopy; CATALYSIS
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018, Vol 29, Issue 5, p4256
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-017-8371-7