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Structural and electrochemical characterization of tetragonal copper ferrite nanoparticles

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Tetragonal CuFe2O4 is prepared using solid-state techniques assisted by a low-energy ball milling procedure, starting from cuprous oxide (CuO) and hematite (α-Fe2O3). The crystalline material was studied by Powder XRD analysis, ATR-FTIR, and room temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy showed that tetragonal CuFe2O4 is an inverse spinel. The formation of CuFe2O4 was favoured by milling. FESEM indicates the occurrence a distribution of the particles of irregular grain agglomeration. In the EDS scanning of the tetragonal CuFe2O4 pure samples, the Cu and Fe are homogeneously dispersed, and the Fe/Cu proportion is close to 2. Cyclic voltammetry studies were conducted using the voltammetry of immobilised microparticles technique, with platinum as a counter electrode, Ag/AgCl as a reference, and CuFe2O4 NPs over carbon paste as the working electrode. Pure copper ferrites exhibit two anodic peaks and two cathodic peaks in an acidic solution. A capacitor's behaviour is exhibited in alkaline electrolytes.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Rolando A Gittens of INDICASAT for the ATR-FTIR and SEM measurements. This work has been partly supported by SENACYT (Grant 050-2021-4-PFID-INF2020-13).

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    Juan Antonio Jaén, Eduardo Chung, Alcides Muñoz & Griselda Caballero-Manrique

  2. Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Panamá/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Exactas y Tecnología, Panama City, Panama

    Juan Antonio Jaén & Griselda Caballero-Manrique

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    Eduardo Chung & Alcides Muñoz

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JAJ: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Supervision. MC: Methodology, Investigation, Data curation. EC: Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - review & editing. AM: Formal analysis, Investigation. MD: Methodology, Investigation, Data curation. GC: Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - review & editing.

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Jaén, J.A., Coronado, M., Chung, E. et al. Structural and electrochemical characterization of tetragonal copper ferrite nanoparticles. Hyperfine Interact 245, 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01848-7

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