This study focused on the copper (I) oxide (Cu2O) that serves as an absorber layer, owing to its excellent optical properties, while titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a well-known material has superior properties in solar cell development. In this work, TiO2 nanorods layer was synthesised fluorine-doped tin (FTO) glass substrate by facile hydrothermal method followed stacking Cu2O using low-cost elect...

New Cu2O@TiO2 core-shell microspheres were successfully prepared for the first time in this paper. The XRD, N2 adsorption-desorption, SEM, TEM, EDX and XPS characterizations utilized to investigate physical chemical properties. liquid phase oxidation of naphthalene was also carried out test their catalytic performance. characterization results indicating that Cu2O firstly formed by hydrothermal...

Cu-oxide nanophases (CuO, Cu2O, Cu0) constitute highly potent nanoplatforms for the development of efficient Artificial Photosynthesis catalysts. The reducing conduction band edge d-electrons in Cu2O dictates its efficiency towards CO2 reduction under sunlight excitation. In present review, we discuss aspects interlinking stability photocorrosion (CuO/Cu2O/Cu0) nanophase equilibria, and perform...

The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction technology is expected to simultaneously alleviate increasing emissions and the depletion of fossil resources. However, it still a big challenge improve selectivity toward valuable multi-carbon products in reaction. In this study, synergistic role Cu+ Cu0 species Cu2O-Cu interfaces unravelled through density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which electrod...