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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
NaCuO2 has been prepared via electrodeposition from a sodiumhydroxide/potassium hydroxide melt and characterized by single crystal andpowder X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity. Clustersof blue-black plate-like and needle crystals are grown at positivepotentials on a platinum anode with a platinum or a zirconium crucibleserving as the cathode and a platinum reference electrode. Details of theelectrochemical procedure are described, along with a cyclic voltammogram. NaCuO2 exhibits temperature independent paramagnetism over thetemperature range 30 – 300 K. Its room temperature resistivity is greaterthan 106 Ω-cm.