Defective Graphite and Its Decoration with Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized with Olive Leaf Extract for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Water splitting has been regarded as a promising route to generate hydrogen which is considered as an ideal alternative to fossil fuels due to its light weight, environmentally benign oxidation product and high energy density. For this purpose, solutions of copper oxide or copper–olive leaf extract complexes were synthesized using copper acetate as a precursor and olive leaf extract as a reducer/stabilizer. Highly defected graphite (DG) rods and...