<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Cu K-edge is used to study X-ray induced photoreduction of copper oxide to metallic copper. Although no photoreduction has been observed in microcrystalline copper oxide, we have found that the photoreduction kinetics of nanocrystalline CuO depends on the crystallite size, temperature and pressure. The rate of photoreduction increases for smaller nanoparticles but decreases at low temperature and higher pressure.</p></abstract>

X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Cu K-edge is used to study X-ray induced photoreduction of copper oxide to metallic copper. Although no photoreduction has been observed in microcrystalline copper oxide, we have found that the photoreduction kinetics of nanocrystalline CuO depends on the crystallite size, temperature and pressure. The rate of photoreduction increases for smaller nanoparticles but decreases at low temperature and higher pressure.

Influence of Pressure and Temperature on X-Ray Induced Photoreduction of Nanocrystalline CuO

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Cu K-edge is used to study X-ray induced photoreduction of copper oxide to metallic copper. Although no photoreduction has...

Influence of Pressure and Temperature on X-Ray Induced Photoreduction of Nanocrystalline CuO

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2018-0039

Keywords
copper oxide, high-pressure, nanocrystalline, radiolysis, x-ray absorption spectroscopy

© 2018 A. Kuzmin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Influence of Pressure and Temperature on X-Ray Induced Photoreduction of Nanocrystalline CuO

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2018-0039

Keywordscopper oxide, high-pressure, nanocrystalline, radiolysis, x-ray absorption spectroscopy

© 2018 A. Kuzmin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
copper oxide, high-pressure, nanocrystalline, radiolysis, x-ray absorption spectroscopy