Artículo de revista
Copper nanoparticles grown under hydrogen: Study of the surface oxide
Fecha
2011Registro en:
Applied Surface Science 257 (2011) 4597–4602
doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.12.082
Autor
Díaz Droguett, Donovan Enrique
Espinoza, R.
Fuenzalida, V. M.
Institución
Resumen
Copper nanoparticles with sizes between 10nm and 50nm were grown by condensation in hydrogen
at pressures from 10 Pa to 1200 Pa. The crystallite size ranged from 10nm to 25nm using the Scherrer
method. X-ray diffraction showed the reflections of metallic copper occasionally mixed with an oxidized
phase (CuO or Cu2O). As shown by TEM examination, the smaller particles that did not exceed 25nm
exhibited faceted morphologies whereas the bigger ones had ovaled-spherical forms sometimes containing
twins. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that the nanoparticles consist of a copper core,
completely surrounded by a Cu2O shell, which is oxidized to CuO at the surface layer.