Synthesis of Uniformly Sized Cu2O Crystals with Star-Like and Flower-Like Morphologies

Uniformly sized single-crystalline Cu2O crystals with star-like and flower-like morphologies have been successfully prepared via the reaction of d-glucose, copper (II) chloride and sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution, this synthesis was intended to found new morphology for solar cell, semiconductor materials and other application in chemical synthesis and electronic sensor. The products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) to measure the purity of the synthesis results, this purity was confirmed using electron diffraction (ED) pattern along the 111 axis as comparator test, to find the deepness and detail characteristic of both results, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was employed