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Novel perpendicularly cross-rectangular CuO architectures: Controlled synthesis, enhanced photocatalytic activity and catalytic thermal-decomposition of NH4ClO4

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Novel perpendicularly cross-rectangular CuO architectures have been successfully fabricated on a large scale by a facile microwave-assisted chemical aqueous route. The as-synthesized CuO products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. An individual CuO microstructure is mainly assembled by two rectangle-shaped nanosheets with different sizes, which is perpendicularly intersected through the center. A possible formation mechanism of perpendicularly cross-rectangular CuO architectures was proposed based on the comparative experimental results. The prepared CuO nanoarchitectures exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity for the decolorization of Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation. Simultaneously, the prepared CuO products, acting as an additive, also showed effective catalytic activity on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (NH4ClO4).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Functional molecule Design and Interface Process, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei, 230601, China

    Hanmei Hu, Xinqing Ge & Qiang Zheng

  2. School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei, 230601, China

    Hanmei Hu

  3. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei, 230601, China

    Chonghai Deng

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Hu, H., Ge, X., Zheng, Q. et al. Novel perpendicularly cross-rectangular CuO architectures: Controlled synthesis, enhanced photocatalytic activity and catalytic thermal-decomposition of NH4ClO4 . Korean J. Chem. Eng. 32, 2335–2341 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-015-0070-6

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