Volume 12, Issue 26 pp. 3530-3534
Communication

Synthesis of Ultrasmall Cu2O Nanocubes and Octahedra with Tunable Sizes for Facet-Dependent Optical Property Examination

Wei-Hong Ke

Wei-Hong Ke

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Chi-Fu Hsia

Chi-Fu Hsia

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Ying-Jui Chen

Ying-Jui Chen

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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Michael H. Huang

Corresponding Author

Michael H. Huang

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan

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First published: 24 May 2016
Citations: 86

Graphical Abstract

Size-tunable small to ultrasmall Cu2O nanocubes and octahedra are synthesized in aqueous solution without the introduction of any surfactant. These nanocrystals provide strong evidence of the existence of facet-dependent optical absorption properties of Cu2O nanoparticles, showing nanocubes always have a more redshifted absorption band than that of octahedra having a similar volume by about 15 nm.

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