The crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu2O microcrystals on photocatalytic activity

We have systematically investigated the crystal-facet-dependent effect of polyhedral Cu2O microcrystals exposed with different-index facets on photodegradation of methyl orange, which provides the convincing evidence that the performance of catalysts can be enhanced by high-index facets tailoring.

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