A Factorial Design Approach for Hydrothermal Synthesis of Phase‐Pure AgInO2: A Parametric Optimization Study

Owing to a wide range of industrial applications and fundamental importance, delafossite compounds have gathered tremendous interest in research community. In this study, the formation of hexagonal nanoplates of AgInO₂ mainly dominated by (00l) facets with no metallic Ag impurity, reported using a facile hydrothermal route at 180 °C using KOH as mineralizer by adopting a factorial design approach. Rietveld analysis of the powder XRD pattern and SAED confirms the rhombohedral system of AgInO₂. FE‐SEM image shows a uniform hexagonal plate‐like morphology with an average width of about 300 nm and thickness of 70 nm. XPS and EDX analysis confirm potassium ion free AgInO₂. A specific surface area of about 48.5 m² g^?1 is arrived from N₂ adsorption studies. Temperature‐dependent AC impedance measurements revealed an activation energy of 0.24 eV/f.u. Further, TG‐DTA studies found that the compound is stable in air up to 595 °C.     

Visible light photocatalytic reduction of water using SrSnO3 sensitized by CuFeO2

SrSnO_3–δ, prepared in sealed ampoules, crystallizes in the perovskite structure. The band gap is directly allowed at 3.93 eV. The conductivity was found to change markedly and occurs by polaron hopping with activation energy of 0.22 eV. The thermal variation of the thermopower indicates an electron mobility μ_{e 300K} = 3.15∙10^–6 cm²∙V^–1∙s^–1), thermally activated. The capacitance measurement shows a linear behavior from which a flat band potential of –0.20 V_SCE and an electronic density of 5.56∙10¹⁸ cm^–3 were determined. The conduction band edge (–4.32 eV/–0.42 V_SCE) lies below the H₂O/H₂ level. Accordingly, SrSnO_3–δ can be used for water photoreduction when combined with the delafossite CuFeO₂ as sensitizer. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 160-166, May-June, 2009.     

铜铁矿基p-TCO材料的制备与物性研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法和高温固相反应法进行了铜铁矿结构单相CuBO2(B=Al,Cr,La)多晶陶瓷的制备,并采用脉冲激光沉积法(Pulsed laser deposition,PLD)制备了CuCrO2薄膜。结果表明:溶胶-凝胶法可以成功制备高纯CuAlO2和CuCrO2多晶材料。该方法还可以显著降低烧结温度且使烧结时间显著缩短;所制备的名义组分CuAlO2和CuCrO2样品均呈p型半导体导电行为,CuBO2的电导率随着B位离子半径的增大而明显减小;PLD法制备的CuCrO2薄膜呈高度c轴取向,厚度～200nm的薄膜在可见光区的平均透射率～80%。     

Optoelectronic properties of Cu1−xPtxFeO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) delafossite for p-type transparent conducting oxide

The samples of Cu_1−xPt_xFeO₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) delafossite have been synthesized by solid-state reaction method to investigate their optical and electrical properties. The properties of electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficient were measured in the high temperature ranging from 300 to 960 K, and the Hall effect and the optical properties were measured at room temperature. The obtained results of Seebeck showed the samples are p-type conductor. The optical properties at room temperature exhibited the samples are transparent visible light material with optical direct gap 3.45 eV. The low electrical resistivity, hole mobility and carrier density at room temperature displayed value ranging from 0.29 to 0.08 Ω cm, 1.8 to 8.6 cm²/V s and 1.56 × 10¹⁸ to 4.04 × 10¹⁹ cm⁻³, respectively. The temperature range for transparent visible light is below 820 K because the direct energy gap contains value above 3.1 eV. Consequently, the Cu_1−xPt_xFeO₂ delafossite enhance performance for materials of p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO) with low electrical resistivity.     

Predictions of compounds in the family of delafossites

This paper reports the results of our crystal-chemical analysis of structures from the delafossite family A⁺B³⁺X₂, where A and B are cations, and is oxygen. The family is represented by structures of two types, CuFeO₂ and α-NaFeO₂ (R \(\bar 3\) m, Z = 1). Predictions of new compounds are presented. About a hundred new crystals can be synthesized.     

CuFeO2/tetrabutylammonium bromide catalyzes selective synthesis of 1,4‐disubstituted 1,2,3‐triazoles in neat water at room temperature

A completely green medium including water as a solvent and antiviral CuFeO₂ as a catalyst is described for the synthesis of 1,4‐disubstituted 1,2,3‐triazoles. Excellent yields of products are obtained at room temperature. Cost effectiveness, high stability and high recyclability of CuFeO₂ along with antiviral properties of the catalyst make it a unique catalyst for cycloadditions of phenylacetylene with a wide variety of aryl halides. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

溶胶凝胶法制备铜铁矿结构p型透明导电氧化物薄膜

铜铁矿结构p型透明导电氧化物(transparent conducting oxide, TCO)薄膜是一类在电子学领域具有广泛应用前景的新材料,因其可与n-TCO薄膜形成真正意义上的“透明器件”而备受关注。本文介绍了铜铁矿结构p-TCO的结构特性以及溶胶凝胶法的基本原理和特点;系统地介绍了溶胶凝胶法制备铜铁矿结构p-TCO薄膜的工艺;分析比较了有机醇盐、无机盐溶胶体系的优缺点;最后讨论了进一步的发展方向,指出溶胶凝胶法是一种高效可行的制备p-TCO薄膜的方法。     

Efficient Fe/CuFeO2/rGO nanocomposite catalyst for electro‐Fenton degradation of organic pollutant: Preparation,characterization and optimization

The nanocomposite of zero‐valent iron and delafossite CuFeO₂ supported on reduced graphene oxide was synthesized for the first time to evaluate its performance as the heterogeneous catalyst toward electro‐Fenton (EF) removal of catechol. X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform‐infrared, scanning electron microscopy and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) were used to characterize the nanocomposite. It was found that the rhombohedral structure of CuFeO₂ remained stable during the nanocomposite preparation. The BET surface area of the nanocomposite increased about 102 times in comparison with bare CuFeO₂. The influence of the operating parameters was investigated. The optimum operating conditions were pH 3, Fe/CuFeO₂/rGO: 1 g/l; catechol: 7.5 × 10^?4 mol/l; and I: 150 mA, which led to 99% and 78.4% catechol and chemical oxygen demand removal in 120 min, respectively. The stability of the catalyst by leaching measurements was studied. Only 2% and 3.1% of iron and copper, respectively, was leached in the solution. The obtained results introduced Fe/CuFeO₂/rGO as a stable and appropriate catalyst for removal of organic compounds by the EF process. It was inferred from the scavenger utilization that hydroxyl radical plays a major role in catechol elimination and EF reaction followed by the Haber–Weiss mechanism at optimum conditions. The gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis was performed to detect the intermediate products, and an acceptable degradation pathway was proposed. The EF degradation of catechol follows a pseudo‐first‐order kinetics model with a rate constant of 3.69 × 10^?2 min^?1 for the optimum operating conditions. The reusability of Fe/CuFeO₂/rGO was investigated for six cycles, and the catalytic efficiency almost remained.