Silver Oxide Ag₂O

This oxide is used in some silver oxide batteries, as is the silver (I, III) Ag4O4. In organic chemistry, silver oxide is used as a mild oxidising agent. For example, it oxidises aldehydes to carboxylic acids. Such reactions often work best when the silver oxide is prepared in situ from silver nitrate and alkali hydroxide.

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APPLICATIONS	Metal nanoparticles are of increasing interest due to their use in a large number of application fields, such as bio sensing and photoinduced optical effects. Silver oxide (Ag2O) nanoparticles are a well known material having vast applications in the field of oxidation catalysis, sensors and fuel cells.