The fabrication and properties of n-ZnO nanowires/p-CuO coaxial heterojunction (CH) with a photoresist (PR) blocking layer are reported. In our study, c-plane wurtzite ZnO nanowires were grown by aqueous chemical method, and monoclinic CuO (111) was then coated on the ZnO nanowires by electrochemical deposition to form CH. To improve the device performance, a PR layer was inserted between the Z...

The current state of thin film heterojunction solar cells based on cuprous oxide (Cu₂O), cupric oxide (CuO) and copper (III) oxide (Cu₄O₃) is reviewed. These p-type semiconducting oxides prepared by Cu oxidation, sputtering or electrochemical deposition are non-toxic, sustainable photovoltaic materials with application potential for solar electricity. However, defects at the copper oxide hetero...

Seven phenolic acids and many nonphenolic organic acids, including large amounts of meta-hydroxy (3-hydroxy) benzoic acid and 3-hydroxy-1,5-benzene-dicarboxylic acid, were obtained from the organic polymer of the Murchison C2 chondrite upon oxidation with alkaline cupric oxide. The phenolic acids apparently were derived from phenolic ethers in the polymer, which in turn probably were formed fro...

The solubility of cupric and cuprous oxides was measured in water over the range 25 to 350 °C in the presence of various chemical agents (NaOH, NH3, B(OH)3, H3PO4, (OHCH2)3CNH2, (OHCH2)3CN(OHCH2CH3)2, HF3CSO3, HNO3 and mixtures thereof), and in steam to 400 °C as a function of pressure. Large discrepancies exist between the various experimental studies, especially at high temperatures for cupro...

Metallic copper fine particles used for electro conductive pastes were prepared by the chemical reduction of cupric oxide microparticles in the presence of gelatin. After reduction, the fine particles were collected by decantation with pH control and washing, followed by drying at a moderate temperature. The surface oxidation state of the obtained copper fine particles could be considerably var...

Cupric oxide is a unique magnetic ferroelectric material with a transition temperature significantly higher than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. However, the mechanism of high-T(c) multiferroicity in CuO remains puzzling. In this Letter, we clarify the mechanism of high-T(c) multiferroicity in CuO by using combined first-principles calculations and an effective hamiltonian model. We find ...

after hydrolysis an additional quantity makes its appearance. He maintains that this phenomena is explained either by the presence of carbohydrate matter of lower cupric oxide power than glucose, or by the liberation of sugar from a glucoside. Proteid matter has recently been shown to be of a glucoside character, and to be able to yield cleavage carbohydrate. Forming a constituent part of a lar...

A boradiazaindacene (BODIPY) derivative containing a simple NO bidentate ligand shows a Cu(2+)-selective fluorescence in aqueous media. This is promoted via a coordination of Cu(2+) followed by oxidative dehydrogenation of an amine moiety, leading to a formation of a fluorescent Cu(+)-Schiff base complex.

Crab zoeae (Rhithropanopeus harrisii) were exposed during their development opment to a range of free cupric ion activities regulated in seawater by use of a copper chelate buffer system. Most cytosolic copper was found to be associated with metallothionein. Copper-thionein could be related to free cupric ion activity, and a shift in copper-thionein accumulation was correlated with inhibition o...

The existing form of copper and its release mechanism from the passive film Ti-7Cu alloy was studied by Quantitative analysis depth profile series electrochemical tests. Results were interpreted within Point Defect Model-II. Copper does not any p-type (cuprous or cupric) oxide but preferentially oxidises at metal/film interface segregated as Cu interstitials Cui+ become substituted CuTix' in ox...