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Preparation of CuCrO2 nanoparticles with narrow size distribution by sol–gel method

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Copper chromium oxide (CuCrO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by sol–gel method. The effect of annealing temperature, duration of heat treatment and metallic ion concentration in precursor solution on the structural properties of the nanoparticles was investigated. The delafossite structure of CuCrO2 powder was confirmed by X-ray diffractometer. It was found that the crystallite sizes as well as the size of the nanoparticles increased with annealing temperature and duration of heat treatment but decreased with metallic ion concentration. Nanoparticles’ size was obtained using particle size analyzer. The synthesized CuCrO2 nanoparticles with 0.7 M metallic ion concentration have the lowest crystallite and particle sizes with a narrow size distribution in the range of 13.5–15.6 nm. In the presence of this metallic ion concentration, we could also produce single crystal CuCrO2 nanoparticles. Moreover, the CuCrO2 nanoparticles exhibit a large optical band gap that increases with metallic ion concentration. The optical band gap of the nanoparticles fabricated with 0.7 M metallic ion concentration in precursor solution is about 3.99 eV.

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Asemi, M., Ghanaatshoar, M. Preparation of CuCrO2 nanoparticles with narrow size distribution by sol–gel method. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 70, 416–421 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-014-3298-4

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