Rapid Synthesis of a Nano-sized Copper (II) Oxide by Calcination of the Cu(II) Schiff base Complex

In this study, the Cu Schiff base complex was successfully synthesized through a facile and rapid method. Then the complex was calcinated at 700 °C for 2 h under air atmosphere leading to CuO nano particles. The synthesized CuO nanoparticles were characterized by FT-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The XRD analysis confirmed that the samples were crystallized in the monoclinic CuO phase. The average crystallite size of the nano-sized of CuO nano particles was obtained about 68 nm as determined by the Debye- Scherrer equation from the data of X-ray diffraction.