Large-scale synthesis of uniform Cu2O nanocubes with tunable sizes by in-situ nucleation

I-Chun Chang; Po-Chin Chen; Min-Chiao Tsai; Ting-Ting Chen; Min-Han Yang; Hsin-Tien Chiu; Chi-Young Lee

doi:10.1039/C3CE26932A

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Large-scale synthesis of uniform Cu₂O nanocubes with tunable sizes by in-situ nucleation†

I-Chun Chang,^a Po-Chin Chen,^a Min-Chiao Tsai,^a Ting-Ting Chen,^a Min-Han Yang,^a Hsin-Tien Chiu^b and Chi-Young Lee*^a

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^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, R. O. C.
E-mail: cylee@mx.nthu.edu.tw

^b Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050, R. O. C.
E-mail: htchiu@faculty.nctu.edu.tw

Abstract

Uniform Cu₂O nanocubes with various sizes were synthesized by reducing Cu(OH)₂ using ascorbic acid in the presence of various amounts of sodium citrate. The monodispersed nanocubes with an edge length of approximately 80 nm used as an anode exhibit excellent lithium storage behavior.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE26932A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 28 Nov 2012
Accepted: 19 Jan 2013
First published: 21 Jan 2013

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CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2363-2366

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Large-scale synthesis of uniform Cu₂O nanocubes with tunable sizes by in-situ nucleation

I. Chang, P. Chen, M. Tsai, T. Chen, M. Yang, H. Chiu and C. Lee, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 2363 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26932A

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