Ni-Co bimetal decorated carbon nanotube aerogel as an efficient anode catalyst in urea fuel cells
- Authors
- Tesfaye, Robel Mehari; Das, Gautam; Park, Bang Ju; Kim, Jihyeon; Yoon, Hyon Hee
- Issue Date
- 24-Jan-2019
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v.9
- Journal Title
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
- Volume
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/1967
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-018-37011-w
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Abstract
- Ni-based catalysts have been considered as an efficient anode material for urea fuel cells due to the low cost and high activity in alkaline media. Herein, we demonstrate that Ni-Co bimetallic nanoparticles decorated carbon nanotube aerogels as catalysts for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) can be synthesized by a polyol reduction and sol-gel method. The morphology, structure, and composition of the Ni-Co/MWCNT aerogels were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-Ray diffraction. The electro-catalytic activity of the Ni-Co/MWCNT aerogels towards UOR was investigated using cyclic voltammetry. It was found that the Co-doping at 25% (Co/Ni) significantly increased the oxidation peak current and reduced the overpotential of the UOR. Furthermore, the MWCNT aerogel support also remarkably enhanced electro-catalytic activity by providing a high surface area and fast mass transport for the UOR owing to the porous 3D network structures with uniform distribution of Ni-Co nanoparticles. Urea/O-2 fuel cell with Ni-Co/MWCNT aerogel as anode material exhibited an excellent performance with maximum power density of 17.5 mWcm(-2) with an open circuit voltage of 0.9 V. Thus, this work showed that the highly porous three-dimensional Ni-Co/MWCNT aerogel catalysts can be used for urea oxidation and as an efficient anode material for urea fuel cells.
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