The invention discloses a method for preparing
nano copper powder, which comprises the following steps of: compounding
copper sulfate, lauryl
sodium sulfate and polyoxyethylene
sorbitan monooleate in a
molar ratio of 1:0.5-2:0.05-0.3, dissolving the mixture in water, blending the
aqueous solution and lauryl mercaptan-containing
benzene solution in a
molar ratio of
copper sulfate to lauryl mercaptan of 1:0.5-2, and uniformly stirring; pouring the
emulsion fluid into an electrolytic bath, taking pure
copper as an
anode and stainless steel as a
cathode, and regulating the pH value to between 0.5 and 4; supplying
direct current to the
anode and the
cathode to ensure that the lauryl mercaptan dissolved in an
electrolyte performs in-situ clad on precipitated copper atoms, the generated copper
powder loosely attaches to the surface of the
cathode, copper ions near the
anode are continuously migrated to the place near the cathode under the action of
diffusion and directional migration of
electric charge at the same time, and the electrolytic time is 30 to 120 minutes; adding the cathode to which the copper
powder is attached into absolute ethyl
alcohol, and putting the cathode in an ultrasonic cleaner for
desorption by using ultrasonic
waves for 5 to 20 minutes to obtain dark purple copper solution; and filtering the solution, and
drying the filtrate for 1 to 3 hours at the temperature of between 60 and 100 DEG C in a vacuum environment to obtain brown powder, namely a
nano copper composite.