Cuprous oxide nanoparticles: preparation and evaluation of antifouling activity

There are few methods to obtain uniform and well dispersed cuprous oxide nanoparticles, which limits its application widely. In this research, an improved method to prepare nanoparticles was introduced. Cuprous oxides were prepared by the reduction of cupric nitrate, with hydrazine hydrate as a reductant in the presence of glucose. The nanoparticles formed have the characteristics of small particle size and uniform distribution. The crystalline structure and morphological characteristics were analyzed by XRD and TEM respectively. The result showed they were pure sphere polycrystal. The particle size is about 9nm. Subsequently, the antifouling activity was tested in detail through comparative experiments. The results indicated that the effective concentration of nanoparticles was obviously lower than ordinary cuprous oxide.