Copper oxide nanoplatelets and nanoflowers: facile synthesis and catalytic activity in oxidative degradation of methylene blue

Jinyun Liao; Hao Li; Xibin Zhang; Dinshu Xiao

Copper oxide nanoplatelets and nanoflowers: facile synthesis and catalytic activity in oxidative degradation of methylene blue

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Author(s): Jinyun Liao ¹ ; Hao Li ¹ ; Xibin Zhang ¹ ; Dinshu Xiao ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, People's Republic of China
Source: Volume 9, Issue 7, July 2014, p. 432 – 436
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0199 , Online ISSN 1750-0443

Received 14/04/2014, Accepted 30/05/2014, Published 30/06/2014

CuO nanostructures with controlled morphology have received a great deal of attention on account of their interesting physicochemical properties and wide applications in different areas. In this reported study, CuO nanoplatelets and CuO nanoflowers assembled by nanoplatelets were synthesised by a facile hydrothermal approach. It was found that the as-prepared CuO samples exhibited higher catalytic activity than the recently reported CuO nanostructures in the oxidative degradation of methylene blue with hydrogen peroxide. In addition, it was revealed that CuO nanoflowers display higher intrinsic catalytic activity than CuO nanoplatelets, which may result from their special three-dimensional nanostructures.

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