Author Correction to “Enhanced Property of Thin Cuprous Oxide Film Prepared through Green Synthetic Route”

This correction adds some information to our publication [Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 32, 365–372 (2019)] that we previously missed to include.

Our previous work published in [Appl. Catal. B Environ. 186, 10 (2016)] was based on the same sample series but with the focus of explaining the interplay between the catalytic behavior and properties of the cuprous thin films. A superior catalytic performance was demonstrated when water was added in the deposition process [1] (see Ref.[47] in our publication corrected here).

On the other hand, our publication corrected here had the different objective of understanding the potential green route (in the absence of any adverse or toxic chemicals) for the formation of Cu₂O thin film materials. Therein, several assumptions about the mechanism, the control of the bandgap, and the catalytic behavior could be consistently explained. Nevertheless, both publications contain some identical experimental results that we previously failed to indicate.

Furthermore, in some part of the spectra in FIG. 5(a) in our publication corrected here, the noise was removed by replacing the measured data with the usual multi-peak fit curve that agrees very well with the recorded data. However, we have so far failed to make this information available. Therefore, we provide corrected captions as well as an improved FIG. 5(a), which now clearly distinguishes between the measured data and the fitted curves:

The captions of FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 should also be updated as follows:

FIG. 1 XRD patterns of deposited Cu₂O films. The upper two patterns were adapted with permission from Ref.[1], copyright©2009 Elsevier.

FIG. 3 Cu₂O films images (a) without H₂O and (b) with H₂O. HIM images of the same samples were previously shown in Ref.[1], copyright©2009 Elsevier.

[1] A. El Kasmi, Z. Y. Tian, H. Vieker, A. Beyer, and T. Chafik, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 186, 10 (2016).

[2] M. C. Biesinger, L. W. M. Lau, A. R. Gerson, and R. S. C. Smart, Appl. Surf. Sci. 257, 887 (2010).