摘要
Two important iron oxides： Fe304 and Fe203, as well as Fe304 and Fe203 nanoparticles mingling with Ag were successfully synthesized via a hydrothermal procedure. The samples were confirmed and characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. The morphology of the samples was observed by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The results indicated Fe304, Fe203, Ag/Fe304 and Ag/Fe203 samples all were nanoparticles with smaller sizes. The samples were modified on a glassy carbon electrode and their elctrocatalytic properties for p-nitropbenol in a basic solution were investigated. The results revealed all the samples showed enhanced catalytic performances by comparison with a bare glassy carbon electrode. Furthermore, p-nitrophenol could be reduced at a lower peak potential or a higher peak current on a glassy carbon electrode modified with Ag/Fe304 or Ag/Fe203 composite nanoparticles.
