Facile synthesis of porous copper oxide nanostructure using copper hydroxide acetate precursor

Abstract

Porous copper oxide nanostructures were synthesized by thermal decomposition of copper hydroxide acetate precursor. The precursor synthesized by a facile solution phase method presents a flower-like configuration, assembled from plate-like structures. CuO with porous features were obtained via thermal decomposition of the precursor, but morphology remains unchanged after the conversion. Under laser light irradiation, copper hydroxide acetate displays a phase transition to CuO as observed by the power dependent Raman spectroscopy.