Morphology Change in Cuprous Oxide Particle Synthesis with PVP: Effect of Reaction Temperature

Abstract:

Cuprous oxides with different morphologies could be prepared by simply changing the reaction condition, such as the temperature. Here, we report the Cu₂O morphological transforming from polyhedron to cube with the reaction temperature increasing from 35C to 65C. At lower temperature, the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) working as a crystal modifier which decreases the surface energy of facets (111) and (110), thus these high energy facets appear in relative low temperature. Facets (111) and (110) gradually diminished along with temperature increasing, while facet (100) expanded. The morphology became into cube from polyhedron. Cu₂O particles synthesized at 65C are larger than those at 35C. The UV-Vis extinction bands of the cuprous oxide synthesized in this research were red-shift with the increase of particle size.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 873)
• Pages: 147-151
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.873.147
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Cheng Dong Wang*, Ji Qian Wang
• Keywords: Cuprous Oxide, Nanostructure, Polyvinylpyrrolidone

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