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Item MICROWAVE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES AS CATALYST FOR AIR GAS-DIFFUSION ELECTRODES(2022-01-01) Mladenova B.; Stankulov T.; Stankov S.; Boukoureshtlieva R.; Momchilov A.; Karsheva M.; Hinkov I.In this work, silver nanoparticles were synthesized from silver nitrate aqueous solution by using microwave irradiation. The morphology of the synthesized nanoparticles was studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy and by transmission electron microscopy showing spherical shapes with diameters of about 10 nm. The X-ray diffraction analysis exhibits their crystalline nature with face-centered cubic structure. Afterward, silver nanoparticles were integrated into activated carbon Norit NK to obtain catalytic composites. These composites were incorporated in the active layer of air gas-diffusion electrodes in order to study the catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction. For this purpose, a non-aggressive electrolyte solution of NaCl was used as an electrolyte. The obtained electrochemical results show a stable operation of all electrodes. Higher performance was found for composites containing 2 % wt. silver nanoparticles.