The Morphology Control of Nano-Cu2O and Study on Its Phototocatalytic Properties in the Treatment of Chromium-Containing Wastewater

The sphere-like nano-Cu2O was prepared by chemical precipitation and reduction method, the different size of sample was obtained by adjusting reaction temperature and concentration of NaOH solution. Cu2O was characterized by XRD and SEM, respectively. The results indicate that the homogeneity of Cu2O particles is related to the reaction temperature while the crystal type to the concentration of NaOH solution. The effects of the different particle size on the photocatalytic properties in the treatment of chromium(VI)-containing water was performed, the results show that there exists an important relationship between them, that is the excellent properties can be obtained with smaller size of Cu2O.