The crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu2O microcrystals on photocatalytic activity

Shaodong Sun; Xiaoping Song; Yuexia Sun; Dongchu Deng; Zhimao Yang

doi:10.1039/C2CY00530A

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The crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu₂O microcrystals on photocatalytic activity†

Shaodong Sun,^a Xiaoping Song,^a Yuexia Sun,^a Dongchu Deng^a and Zhimao Yang*^a

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^a School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, ShaanXi, People's Republic of China
E-mail: zmyang@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Abstract

We have systematically investigated the crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu₂O microcrystals exposed with different-index facets on photodegradation of methyl orange, which provides the convincing evidence that the performance of catalysts can be enhanced by high-index facets tailoring.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CY00530A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Dec 2011
Accepted: 23 Jan 2012
First published: 02 Feb 2012

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 925-930

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The crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu₂O microcrystals on photocatalytic activity

S. Sun, X. Song, Y. Sun, D. Deng and Z. Yang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 925 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00530A

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