Royal Society of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, 2(40), p. 1834-1838, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/c5nj02400e
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Iridium titanium oxide materials were prepared using a simple one-pot method by reacting inorganic metal precursors with sodium nitrate at 350 °C (Adams method). HAADF-STEM images and XRD studies indicate a mixture of small TiO2 and IrO2 particles, with a particle size of IrO2 independent of nominal composition. Electronic conductivity was found to increase sharply once a critical Ir content of 40 mol% was reached and a rationale for this phenomenon is provided by percolation theory.