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Thermal Analysis, Morphology and Electrochemical Application of Graphene Decorated SnO 2 Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Elemike Elias E.,
Maumau Thandiwe R.,
Onwudiwe Damian C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.201800147
Subject(s) - thermogravimetric analysis , graphene , nanocomposite , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , hydrothermal circulation , chemical engineering , nanoparticle , oxide , microwave , nanotechnology , composite material , metallurgy , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
In this present investigation, reduced graphene oxide (rGO)–SnO 2 nanocomposites were synthesized via hydrothermal and microwave methods. The nanocomposites were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and cyclic voltammetric (CV) methods.The SEM images demonstrated different morphologies and the TGA equally showed different thermal behavior of the nanocomposites. Some conditions such as concentrations and synthetic procedures were varied in order to optimize the nanocomposites formulation and devise the means for excellent product applications. The results of the research showed that the nanocomposites have higher activity under microwave assisted conditions.