Punicalagin Green Functionalized Cu/Cu2O/ZnO/CuO Nanocomposite for Potential Electrochemical Transducer and Catalyst

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fuku, X ^a,b   Kaviyarasu, K ^a,b   Matinise, N ^a,b   Maaza, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electrochemical methods; Nanocomposite; Nickel substrate and green synthesis; Punica granatum L

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSDUCERS; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE DISCHARGES; GREEN SYNTHESIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; PUNICA GRANATUM L;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84985906479     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1581-8     Document Type: Article

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