Abstract
N,O-type organic chelates reduced coordinated Cu2+ ions under hydrothermal reaction conditions to produce Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles. Chelates in which the N and O atoms are closely spaced produced smaller amounts of CuO nanoparticles, indicating their higher ability to reduce Cu2+ ions to Cu+ ions. [Cu(Gly)2]2 with the shortest ligand chain length produced only Cu2O nanoparticles and, therefore, can be used as a single molecule precursor for the synthesis of Cu2O nanoparticles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1049-1051 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 May 15 |
Keywords
- Chelate effect
- CuO
- Hydrothermal synthesis
- Reduction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering