Efficient visible-light photocatalytic performance of cuprous oxide porous nanosheet arrays

  • Xianghua Li
  • , Jianqiang Wang
  • , Yihe Zhang*
  • , Minhua Cao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

One-dimensional nanostructures are of great interest for a wide range of applications. In this work, we demonstrated the fabrication of visible-light-responsive Cu2O porous nanosheet arrays. The synthesis involved the growth of Cu(OH)2 nanosheet arrays on Cu mesh by solution-based corrosion and thermal transformation of Cu(OH)2 nanosheet to Cu2O porous nanosheets on Cu mesh. Benefiting from the one dimensional array structure and porous structure, the as-prepared Cu2O porous nanosheet arrays exhibited significantly improved photocatalytic activity for methyl orange degradation under visible light irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)728-734
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume70
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Semiconductors
  • A. Thin films
  • C. X-ray diffraction
  • D. Catalytic properties

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