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Copper-loaded SBA-15 Silica with Improved Electron Mobility-Conductance and Capacitance Properties

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The effects of copper nanoparticles (CuNP) dispersion on the optical and electrical properties of mesoporous SBA-15 like silica were investigated. Full characterization of the resulting SBA-15-Cu through X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersion X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF), diffuse reflectance (DRS) and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) revealed marked changes in the structure properties after copper incorporation. Slight decrease in the optical band gap energy in the SBA-15-Cu was also noticed. The shifts towards higher wavelengths are attributed to change in the acceptor capacity level induced by iron nanoparticles. Measurements of Z' and Z" in temperature showed an improvement in proton mobility of SBA-15-Cu. Deeper insights in the capacitance and conductance by impedance spectroscopy measurements over a wide range of frequencies at various temperatures suggest that CuNPs interaction with SBA-15 surface and silanol deprotonation can be, at least partly, responsible for conductance improvement. The above properties make these materials to be regarded as efficient materials for potential applications in electronics.

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  1. Laboratoire Des Sciences, Technologie Et Génie Des Procédés (LSTGP), USTO-Mohamed Boudiaf, BP 1505, El M’naouer, 31000, Oran, Algérie

    Rachida Ouargli-Saker

  2. Département de Chimie-Nanoqam, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), CP 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C3P8, Canada

    Rachida Ouargli-Saker & Abdelkrim Azzouz

  3. UMR 6014, Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, 55 rue Saint Germain, 27000, Evreux, COBRA, France

    Nabil Bouazizi, Julien Vieillard & Franck Le Derf

  4. Unité de Recherche : Electrochimie, Matériaux Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences de Gabès, Université de Gabès, Cité Erriadh, 6072, Gabès, Tunisie

    Saber Lassouad & Salah Ammar

  5. École de Technologie supérieure, STEPPE, Montréal, Québec, H3C 1K3, Canada

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Ouargli-Saker, R., Bouazizi, N., Lassouad, S. et al. Copper-loaded SBA-15 Silica with Improved Electron Mobility-Conductance and Capacitance Properties. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 5108–5117 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01642-2

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