Abstract
A material which can demonstrate multifunctional applications towards energy and environment can be considered as a great component of materials science towards mankind. Delafossites are considered an excellent catalytic material whose performance depends on the composition, morphology, and size of materials tuned by their synthesis conditions and processes. In this work, we have developed CuFeO2 particles as a type of ternary metal oxides using hydrothermal (HCF) and sol-gel (SCF) methods. Their structures, morphology, vibrational mode, and purity are investigated and characterized by XRD, Raman, FESEM, FTIR and EDX analysis. Both the HCF and SCF samples demonstrate bifunctional catalytic activities towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) while the former has higher current density and lower overpotential compared to the latter towards both OER and HER owing to its uniform shape and smaller size making it a better catalyst. The HCF sample further shows its potential as a sensing material towards Rhodamine B.
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