Synthesis of shuttle-shaped porous CuO in water microdroplets for increased hydrazine oxidation.

Li Wang; Hui Wang

Shuttle-shaped, porous copper oxide (CuO) microparticles were prepared from Cu(OH)2 in a water/cyclohexane interfacial reaction followed by heat treatments at different temperatures. The CuO catalysts produced high catalytic activity and good durability for hydrazine oxidation reaction (HOR). Among all catalysts, CuO catalyst heat treated at 200°C provided the highest HOR activity with an onset potential of -0.204 V and a high oxidation peak current density of 0.87 mA cm-2 of HOR. HOR performances of the CuO catalysts correlated to their porous structure and transition of different Cu species. These findings shed light on factors influencing HOR activity of CuO catalysts.

COPPER oxide; PARTICLE motion; PARTICLE analysis; CYCLOHEXANE synthesis; CHEMICAL reactions

Micro & Nano Letters (Wiley-Blackwell), 2018, Vol 13, Issue 2, p138

1750-0443

Academic Journal

10.1049/mnl.2017.0493