TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Tobias A1 - Pastötter, Angelina A1 - Tran, T. H. A1 - Schlosser, Marc A1 - Kaulen, Corinna A1 - Lechner, Alfred A1 - Slabon, A. A1 - Kammler, Martin T1 - Effect of temperature on the growth of Cupric and Cuprous Nanoparticles in a wet chemical synthesis JF - Materials Letters N2 - Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) and cupric oxide (CuO) particles were synthesized using a wet chemical surfactant free method at different synthesis temperatures from 25 °C to 60 °C. Morphology, size, and chemical composition of the prepared Cu2O particles were analyzed by FESEM, PXRD, and UV-vis. We discovered that the chemical composition of the Cu2O particles remained unaffected by the synthesis temperature. However, morphology and size of the particles showed a strong temperature dependency. This could be attributed to the temperature induced formation of CuO species from the copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)2) precursor which also functions as copper precursor for the Cu2O particle growth. The cupric oxide species was determined to be the main cause for the formation of micrometer sized particles, whereas with the Cu(OH)2 precursor species for the Cu2O particles nanocubes with smaller edge lengths as well as octahedrons were obtained. KW - Crystal structure KW - Crystal growth KW - Nanoparticle KW - Copper oxide Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-79279 VL - 381 PB - Springer Nature ER -