Jorge Uruchurtu

By Martínez-Meza E., Uruchurtu Chavarín J. and Genescá Llongueras J.

Part of the book: Mass Transfer

By C. Gaona Tiburcio, I. López Cázares, J.A. Cabral Miramontes, P. Zambrano Robledo and J. Uruchurtu Chavarín

Part of the book: Modern Electrochemical Methods in Nano, Surface and Corrosion Science

By C. Menchaca-Campos, M. Hernández-Escampa, F. Rodríguez-Acuña, F. Millán-Cruz, P. Rodríguez-Rojas, M. Hernández-Gallegos, R. Guardian and J. Uruchurtu

Part of the book: Developments in Corrosion Protection

By Alba Covelo, Carmina Menchaca, Miriam Flores, Pilar Rodríguez‐ Rojas, Miguel Hernandez‐Gallegos, Esteban Martinez Meza, Rebecca Jaimes‐Ramírez and Jorge Uruchurtu

The production of thin films (nanocoatings) is a technological field with many applications to elaborate materials with new properties to be used as corrosion protection of traditional metals. Hydrophobicity is an example of such properties. In this chapter, an example of two hydrophobic corrosion coatings for possible use over aluminum heat exchanger geothermal power plants is discussed. Material substrate preparation, synthesis of hydrophobic sol‐gel nanocoating, characterization, and electrochemical evaluation as a function of time of immersion, which are compared to another commercial fluorinated compound, are presented. Good corrosion protection was found for both hydrophobic coatings for possible application in geothermal heat exchangers.

Part of the book: New Technologies in Protective Coatings

By Carmina Menchaca-Campos, Elsa Pereyra-Laguna, César García- Pérez, Miriam Flores-Domínguez, Miguel A. García-Sánchez and Jorge Uruchurtu-Chavarín

In this work, synthesis and characterization of reduced graphene oxide/polyaniline/Au nanoparticles (GO/PANI/NpAu) as a hybrid capacitor are presented. Graphite oxide (GO) was synthesized by a modified Hummer’s method. Polyaniline was synthesized by chemical polymerization, and Au nanoparticles (NpAu) were added afterward. Fabrication of the electrodes consisted on the hybrid materials being deposited on carbon cloth electrodes. The chemical and structural properties of the electrode were characterized by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (X-R), and Raman spectroscopy; the results confirm the graphene reduction, the covalent functionalization, and formation of nanocomposites and also show the polyaniline grafted graphene. The performance and evaluation of the electrodes based on grapheme oxide (GO), polyaniline (PANI), GO-PANI, and GO/PANI/NpAu nanocomposites over carbon cloth, stainless steel, and copper have been obtained in 1 M H2SO4 solution, using electrochemical techniques namely: cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). They showed that GO/PANI/NpAu gave higher specific capacitance (SC) and energy values than PANI, and GO/PANI, in the order of 160 F/g. The present study introduces new hybrid material for energy applications, from the evaluation of their electrical contributions.

Part of the book: Graphene Oxide