Preparation of Cu2O from TiO2 and CTAB using the anode support system

This study describes the application of an anode-support system to the electrolytic production of (Cu2O) nanoparticle. Using TiO2 particle and Acetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB/TiO2) particle with size of 10-20 and 10-30 nm, respectively, composites were obtained by an electrochemical method. The growth of the Cu2O nanoparticle, it is found that the role of CTAB/TiO2 is to interact with Cu(OH)2, which can adsorb OH and become negative charged, to disperse the Cu(OH)2 solid and to induce the growth of Cu2O. Although CTAB/TiO2 is significant for the preparation of the nanomaterials, the properties of the compositeg of this materials were evaluated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). © 2008 Asian Network for Scientific Information.