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Solvothermal Synthesis and Characterization Studies of Selenium Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Cuse2 Nanoparticles as Efficient Electrochemical Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction


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1 Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012,, India
 

In the energy conversion system, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the most significant reactions. Pt-based catalysts are commonly used in fuel cells; the replacement with low-cost materials like transition metal oxides is much needed for the wide application of fuel cells. In this paper, the effective synthesis of copper selenide nanoparticles with selenium-reduced graphene oxide has been described. To establish the existence of selenium, graphene, and copper in manufactured samples, X-Ray diffraction analysis (XRD) has been used. Additionally, fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR) has been used to examine the functional groups. The structure and morphology have been studied under the scanning electron microscope. UV has been used to assess the synthetic nanoparticles' optical performance. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) methods have been used to analyze their specific surface area and pore size. Cyclic voltammetry has been used to evaluate the produced nanoparticles' electrochemical performance (CV, LSV).

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BET, Catalysts, Copper, CV, Oxygen reduction reaction.
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Authors

P Ajith
Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012,, India
J Agnes
Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012,, India
M Sappani Muthu
Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012,, India
D Prem Anand
Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti 627 012,, India

Abstract


In the energy conversion system, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the most significant reactions. Pt-based catalysts are commonly used in fuel cells; the replacement with low-cost materials like transition metal oxides is much needed for the wide application of fuel cells. In this paper, the effective synthesis of copper selenide nanoparticles with selenium-reduced graphene oxide has been described. To establish the existence of selenium, graphene, and copper in manufactured samples, X-Ray diffraction analysis (XRD) has been used. Additionally, fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR) has been used to examine the functional groups. The structure and morphology have been studied under the scanning electron microscope. UV has been used to assess the synthetic nanoparticles' optical performance. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) methods have been used to analyze their specific surface area and pore size. Cyclic voltammetry has been used to evaluate the produced nanoparticles' electrochemical performance (CV, LSV).

Keywords


BET, Catalysts, Copper, CV, Oxygen reduction reaction.

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