Solution based rapid synthesis of AgCuO2 at room temperature

Nagarajan Padmavathy; Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan; Giridhar U. Kulkarni

doi:10.1039/C4RA11853G

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Solution based rapid synthesis of AgCuO₂ at room temperature†

Nagarajan Padmavathy,^a Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan*^a and Giridhar U. Kulkarni^b

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^a Centre for Excellence in Nano Materials, Materials Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India
E-mail: rvijayaraghavan@vit.ac.in

^b Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit and Thematic Unit on Nanochemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560 064, India

Abstract

We report a single step synthesis of AgCuO₂ within minutes resulting in a polycrystalline, single phase product crystallizing in a monoclinic system. Chemical composition analysis has confirmed the stoichiometry of the product with oxygen in slight excess (∼0.1). Growth of this oxide involved cuboidal nanoparticles in the initial stages and needle-like microstructures in the final one, as shown by scanning electron microscopy. The novelty of the method lies in the stabilization of Cu in the 3+ state under ambient conditions in a rapid aqueous process.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA11853G
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 06 Oct 2014
Accepted: 07 Nov 2014
First published: 14 Nov 2014

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RSC Adv., 2014,4, 62746-62750

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Solution based rapid synthesis of AgCuO₂ at room temperature

N. Padmavathy, R. Vijayaraghavan and G. U. Kulkarni, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 62746 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA11853G

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