Study based on micro- and nanosized raw materials using the hydrothermal method

Abstract

The hydrothermal approach has been applied to the synthesis of cuprous oxide on a quartz substrate. For 12 hours at 100°C, different morphologies of micro (50 μm) and nano (30 nm) copper powder were examined at a concentration of roughly 0.1 g. Using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), spherical and dendritic-like structures were formed for nano and micro particle sizes, respectively. The presence of cuprous oxide was demonstrated by X-ray analysis, and under the aforementioned circumstances, UV-VIS spectroscopy was utilized to identify the characteristics of the absorption band and band gap energy of cuprous oxide synthesis. The AFM method was used to study the surface topography for nano and micro particle sizes. The composition of the prepared sample was examined using FTIR. A DC measurement was utilized to investigate the electrical characteristics.