Table 2.
The facet area and area ratio of copper oxide polyhedral materials. Calculation based on the SEM images.
| Sample | Surface Composition | Facet Area (µm)2 on Single Particle | The Area Ratio of Facet on the Single Particle (%) | The Intensity Ratio of Cu2O (111) and Cu2O (200) * γ(111)/(200) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (111) | (110) | (100) | (011) | (111) | (110) | (100) | (011) | |||
| CC1 | Cu2O/CuO | 0.043 | 0.139 | 0.131 | 0.098 | 13.93 | 22.51 | 31.82 | 31.71 | 3.03 |
| CC2 | 0.043 | 0.066 | 0.018 | 24.16 | 55.62 | 20.22 | 1.75 | |||
| CC3 | 0.012 | 0.043 | 0.102 | 0.038 | 8.11 | 14.53 | 51.69 | 25.68 | 2.91 | |
| CC4 | 0.017 | 0.038 | 0.235 | 0.029 | 7.05 | 7.88 | 73.06 | 12.02 | 3.07 | |
| CC5 | 0.240 | 100 | 3.10 | |||||||
* The intensity ratios γ of copper oxide (200) and (111) planes may be evidence of the higher sensing/electrocatalytic activity due to the shifting toward lower potential values of initial glucose oxidation.