dc.contributor.author |
Mukherjee, I. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Das, S.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jena, B.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Saha, R. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Chatterjee, S. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-12-17T10:34:06Z |
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dc.date.available |
2018-12-17T10:34:06Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
New Journal Of Chemistry, 42(5), 2018: 3692-3702 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1144-0546 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ore.immt.res.in/handle/2018/2435 |
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dc.description |
Department of Science and Technology, India [IFA12-CH65]; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [31/09(131)/2017-EMR-I]; MNRE, New Delhi, India [102/87/2011-NT] |
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dc.description.abstract |
We demonstrate how the morphology of a simple metal-oxide system (e.g., Cu2O) controls catalytic activity. Cu2O catalysts were synthesized with a highly uniform nanocube and nano-octahedra morphology under PVP surfactant-assisted reaction conditions. A series of structural, morphological, optical and electrical characterizations are done to optimize the growth of nanostructures with different morphologies. Finally, the nanostructures are exploited as photo- and electrocatalysts. Interestingly, we find dissimilitude behaviour of nano-octahedra and nano-cube samples towards photo and electrocatalytic activities. The nano-octahedra samples are approximate to 57% more photocatalytically active (half-life time(octahedra) approximate to 10.7 minutes) than the nanocube samples, which is one of the highest reported photocatalytic efficiencies reported to date. However, the same nano-octahedra samples show lower electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as compared with the nanocube sample. |
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dc.language |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
SCI |
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dc.rights |
Copyright [2018]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository. |
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dc.subject |
Chemical Sciences |
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dc.title |
Dissimilitude behaviour of Cu2O nano-octahedra and nano-cubes towards photo- and electrocatalytic activities |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.affiliation.author |
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, Odisha, India |
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