Production and characterization of CuCrO2 nanofibers
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Tarih
2016
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Yayıncı
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Composite nanofibers were prepared from homogeneously mixed copper chloride, chromium nitrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone solution by electrospinning and were subsequently heat treated under isochronal and isothermal annealing conditions. In the isochronal experiments, CuCrO2 formation began at 773 K. Annealing at 973 K yielded single-phase, highly porous CuCrO2 nanofibers accompanied by the formation of large quasi-hexagonal grains. In contrast, isothermal annealing at 973 K resulted in the formation of phase-pure CuCrO2 nanofibers with belt-like morphology and relatively higher density. A substantial decrease was observed in the size and number of plate-like grains in these nanofibers. When the fibers were annealed isothermally at 973 K for 1 h, the average width and specific surface area of the synthesized fibers were 150 nm and 7.85 m(2) g(-1), respectively, and the direct bandgap was 2.82 eV. The CuCrO2 behaved like a semiconductor, and the thermally activated energy was approximately 0.157 eV. A simple formation mechanism was proposed for the quasi-hexagonal grains. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Semiconductors, Annealing, Powder diffraction, Electron microscopy
Kaynak
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
WoS Q Değeri
Q2
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
170
