Solution growth of peony-like copper hydroxyl-phosphate (Cu2(OH)PO4) flowers on Cu foil and their photocatalytic activity under visible light

Novel self-assemble peony-like three-dimensional (3D) copper hydroxyl-phosphate (Cu2(OH)PO4) were synthesized on the copper foil by a solution-growth method. The synthesized materials as a monolithic photocatalyst exhibited an effective photodecomposition to methylene blue (MB) under visible light irradiation.324