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Preparation of hollow porous Cu2O microspheres and photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation

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Title
Preparation of hollow porous Cu2O microspheres and photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation
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Discover Nano, June 2012
DOI 10.1186/1556-276x-7-347
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Yuan Yu, Liying Zhang, Jian Wang, Zhi Yang, Mingce Long, Nantao Hu, Yafei Zhang

Abstract

Cu2O p-type semiconductor hollow porous microspheres have been prepared by using a simple soft-template method at room temperature. The morphology of as-synthesized samples is hollow spherical structures with the diameter ranging from 200 to 500 nm, and the surfaces of the spheres are rough, porous and with lots of channels and folds. The photocatalytic activity of degradation of methyl orange (MO) under visible light irradiation was investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy. The results show that the hollow porous Cu2O particles were uniform in diameters and have an excellent ability in visible light-induced degradation of MO. Meanwhile, the growth mechanism of the prepared Cu2O was also analyzed. We find that sodium dodecyl sulfate acted the role of soft templates in the synthesis process. The hollow porous structure was not only sensitive to the soft template but also to the amount of reagents.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 73 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 33%
Student > Bachelor 12 16%
Student > Master 9 12%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 4 5%
Unknown 14 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 21 29%
Physics and Astronomy 10 14%
Materials Science 9 12%
Engineering 6 8%
Chemical Engineering 6 8%
Other 3 4%
Unknown 18 25%
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