Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesis by Electrochemical Method

Authors

  • Nitin DIGHORE
  • Sunita JADHAV
  • Suresh GAIKWAD
  • Anjali RAJBHOJ Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431004 (M.S.) India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.22.2.7501

Keywords:

electrochemical method, current density, tetra alkyl ammonium bromide, copper oxide nanoparticles

Abstract

Copper oxide nanoparticles were prepared by electrochemical reduction method which is environmental benign. Tetra ethyl ammonium bromide (TEAB), tetra propyl ammonium bromide (TPAB), tetra butyl ammonium bromide (TBAB) were used as stabilizing agent in an organic medium viz. tetra hydro furan (THF) and acetonitrile (ACN) in 4:1 ratio by optimizing current density. The reduction process takes place under atmospheric condition over a period of 2 h. Such nanoparticles were prepared using simple electrolysis cell in which the sacrificial anode was a commercially available copper metal sheet and platinum (inert) sheet acted as a cathode. The stabilizers were used to control the size of a nanoparticles. The synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles were characterized by using UV-Visible, FT-IR, XRD, SEM-EDS and TEM analysis techniques.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.22.2.7501

Author Biography

Anjali RAJBHOJ, Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431004 (M.S.) India

Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431004 (M.S.) India

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Published

2016-06-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2016)

Section

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

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