Simple one step electrochemical preparation of copper nanostructures

Autor: Maria Cristina Cassani, Adriana Mignani, Barbara Ballarin, Elisa Boanini
Přispěvatelé: Mignani A, Ballarin B, Boanini E, Cassani M C
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Electrochimica Acta. 115:537-545
ISSN: 0013-4686
Popis: Nanostructures based on copper (Cu NSs ) are promising materials in different fields of application. To this end, in this work we have studied a simple one-step electrosynthesis of Cu NSs directly onto ITO electrode surface starting from an aqueous solution of copper sulphate. We have investigated the effects of the presence of electrolyte salts such as K 2 SO 4 , Na 2 SO 4 and (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 and we have found that they gave rise to the formation of a number of remarkably different forms of nanostructures. In particular, when the electrodeposition was conducted in presence of K 2 SO 4 fractal-like or dendritic structures consisting of a long central backbone and sharp side branches were observed. The resulting Cu NSs were characterized by SEM, XRD and by electrochemical techniques. Studies on the electrocatalytic behaviour of dendritic Cu NSs modified electrodes towards the oxidation of L-tyrosine in 0.05 M NaOH solution showed a 1.0 10 −6 ÷ 7.0 10 −5 M linear range and a detection limit of ca. 6.0 10 −7 M.
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