Kumar, S;
Parlett, CMA;
Isaacs, MA;
Jowett, DV;
Douthwaite, RE;
Cockett, MCR;
Lee, AF;
(2016)
Facile synthesis of hierarchical Cu2O nanocubes as visible light photocatalysts.
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
, 189
pp. 226-232.
10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.038.
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Abstract
Hierarchically structured Cu2O nanocubes have been synthesized by a facile and cost-effective one-pot, solution phase process. Self-assembly of 5 nm Cu2O nanocrystallites induced through reduction by glucose affords a mesoporous 375 nm cubic architecture with superior visible light photocatalytic performance in both methylene blue dye degradation and hydrogen production from water than conventional non-porous analogues. Hierarchical nanocubes offer improved accessible surface active sites and optical/electronic properties, which act in concert to confer 200–300% rate-enhancements for the photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants and solar fuels.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Facile synthesis of hierarchical Cu2O nanocubes as visible light photocatalysts |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.038 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.038 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Photocatalysis, Copper oxide, Nanomaterials, Hierarchical, Hydrogen |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053136 |
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