Yang Hui, Liu Zhi-Hong
Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2011 Jun;11(6):4765-70. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4189.
Novel Cu2O-CuCl composite thin film constructed by Cu2O nanoplates growing on the CuCI matrix was prepared under facile hydrothermal conditions at 120 degrees C. The phases and morphologies of the as-prepared products were characterized by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The result indicated that the thickness of Cu2O nanoplates was about 100 nm. Furthermore, the photocatalytic activity of the prepared Cu2O-CuCl composite thin film for the degradation of methyl orange was investigated by UV-vis spectrophotometer, demonstrating that it possessed the higher activity.
