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Herein, we have reported a new, efficient and one pot methodology for the synthesis of graphene coated silver nanoparticles (GCAgNPs) from an organosilver compound (Silver Acetylide) itself. Synthesis of (GCAgNPs) from silver acetylide has been carried out in anhydrous DMF at 150 °C and completed in 1.5 h. Appearance of surface plasmon resonance peak at 426 nm confirms the formation of silver nanoparticles. Presence of graphene over silver nanoparticle has been proved by UV–Vis (π-π* transition at 273 nm) and Raman spectrum (G and D band at 1586 and 1408 cm−1, respectively). TEM analysis of silver nanoparticles shows the formation of spherical shaped nanoparticles with agglomeration to variable extent. Four-point Probe methods has been applied for studying the electrical conductivity of the nanoparticles, which exhibit the conductivity of GCAgNPs to be 4.42 × 104 S/m. These GCAgNPs will find its application in various fields of photovoltaics.
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The author is gratefully acknowledged to Prof. Mahendra Nath, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi for his invaluable suggestions. In addition, the authors are grateful to Prof. Rajiv Prakash, IIT BHU for Thermal analysis, IIT BHU for BTXRD analysis, Prof. R. P. Malik, Department of Physics, Institute of Science BHU for SEM-EDX and TEM analysis, Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Department of Physics Engineering IIT BHU for temperature dependent conductivity study by Four-point Probe. The authors are grateful to Science Engineering and Research Board (File No. EEQ/2016/000249). Devendra Kumar is gratefully acknowledge to DST New Delhi (INSPIRE Fellowship) for financial support (DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2018/IF180694). Rudramani Tiwari is thankful to CSIR New Delhi (09/013(0874)/2019-EMR-I) for financial assistance.
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Kumar, D., Tiwari, R., Patel, R.K. et al. One-pot synthesis of electroconducting graphene coated silver nanoparticles from silver acetylide. J Nanopart Res 23, 162 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-021-05291-5
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