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Dissimilitude behaviour of Cu2O nano-octahedra and nano-cubes towards photo- and electrocatalytic activities

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dc.contributor.author Mukherjee, I.
dc.contributor.author Das, S.K.
dc.contributor.author Jena, B.K.
dc.contributor.author Saha, R.
dc.contributor.author Chatterjee, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-17T10:34:06Z
dc.date.available 2018-12-17T10:34:06Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation New Journal Of Chemistry, 42(5), 2018: 3692-3702
dc.identifier.issn 1144-0546
dc.identifier.uri http://ore.immt.res.in/handle/2018/2435
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]
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.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
dc.relation.isreferencedby SCI
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.
dc.subject Chemical Sciences
dc.title Dissimilitude behaviour of Cu2O nano-octahedra and nano-cubes towards photo- and electrocatalytic activities
dc.type Journal Article
dc.affiliation.author CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, Odisha, India


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