Fig. 1: Microscopic characterization of Cu2O NCs.

SEM images and particle size distributions of a c-Cu2O-27, b c-Cu2O-106, and c c-Cu2O-774. SEM, TEM, and HRTEM images of c-Cu2O-27 after evaluated in C3H6 oxidation with O2 at 90 (d1–d3) and 150 °C (e1–e3). Lattice fringes of 0.30 and 0.23 nm correspond to the spacing of the Cu2O{110} (JCPDS card no. 78-2076) and CuO{111} (JCPDS card no. 89-5899) crystal planes, respectively.