Facile hydroxyl-assisted synthesis of morphological Cu2O architectures and their shape-dependent photocatalytic performances

An interesting morphology-evolution of Cu2O from cubic, edge-truncated cubic, edge- and corner-truncated octahedral, truncated octahedral, and finally to octahedral architectures was readily achieved by adjusting the concentration of hydroxyl. When evaluated for their photocatalytic performances, these polyhedral Cu2O crystals manifest shape-dependent properties.