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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 688, 期 -, 页码 1157-1161出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.017
关键词
Sol - gel synthesis; CuGaO2; Nanoparticles; Bifunctional catalyst
资金
- The Deanship of Scientific Research, Research Center, College of Science, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nanoparticles of CuGaO2 delafossite were successfully synthesized from the sol - gel process by controlling the atmospheric conditions at 850 degrees C. The average size of CuGaO2 nanoparticles of similar to 40 nm was determined by transmission electron microscopy. Note that the thermodynamically stable conditions for CuGaO2 delafossite synthesis are 1100 degrees C and 1200 degrees C in nitrogen and air atmosphere, respectively, while our methodology stabilizes the CuGaO2 particles in the nano-metric region at low temperature (i.e. 850 degrees C). Moreover, delafossites CuGaO2 nanoparticles show very interesting bifunctional catalytic activity in the electrolysis of water with O-2 and H-2 generation at anodic and cathodic potentials respectively. The current densities of CuGaO2 nanoparticles as the bifunctional catalysts were found to be 15 mA/cm(2) and 18 mA/cm(2) for H-2 and O-2 generation, respectively, using 0.5 M KOH solution as an electrolyte versus Ag/AgCl electrode. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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