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Preparation of submicrometer-sized copper and silver crystallites by a facile solvothermal complexation-reduction route

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City 225002 (China)

Pure submicrometer-sized copper and silver crystallites have been directly synthesized via solvothermal treatment of CuCl{sub 2}.2H{sub 2}O or AgNO{sub 3} in ethylenediamine (EDA) at 80-180 deg. C for 15-20h, and characterized by means of X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. It was suggested that the formation of copper and silver crystallites in this solvothermal system be through a typical complexation-reduction process, in which EDA serves not only as a reducing reagent, but also as a complexing solvent.

OSTI ID:
20725941
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 178; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English