Galvanic synthesis of copper selenides Cu2 − xSe and CuSe in alkaline sodium selenosulfate aqueous solution
Galvanic synthesis of copper selenides Cu2 − xSe and CuSe in alkaline sodium selenosulfate aqueous solution
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DOI:
10.1007/s10008-008-0585-4
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发表时间:
2009-03
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Y. Yang;Shengshui Hu
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作者:
Y. Yang;Shengshui Hu
Spherical copper selenide nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by a simple reaction of sodium selenosulfate with metal copper at room temperature in alkaline Na2SeSO3aqueous solution. It is a galvanic process that operates on a coupled anodic copper oxidation and selenosulfate reduction. 1-Thioglycerol is found to catalyze this reaction. With gold and graphite as the positive electrodes, nanocrystallites of nonstoichiometric copper selenide (Cu2 −xSe) and stoichiometric copper selenides (CuSe) were produced, respectively. The XRD study shows that the produced CuSe and Cu2 −xSe are in the pure hexagonal phase and clausthalite phase, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy images show that the diameters of the produced CuSe and Cu2 −xSe NPs are in the range of 10∼20 and 5∼15 nm, respectively.