“…Cu 2 O is also an emerging photocathode for water splitting [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. However, there is still a need to develop low-cost methods for preparing high-quality and large-scale crystals of these promising materials [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. It is more feasible to fabricate copper oxide complex thin films, which have been achieved on copper (Cu) layers via thermal oxidation for solar cells [ 15 ] and laser processing for photodetectors and glucose sensing [ 16 , 17 ].…”