Hollow Sodium Nickel Fluoride Nanocubes Deposited MWCNT as An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Urea Oxidation
- Authors
- Kakati, Nitul; Maiti, Jatindranath; Lee, Kang Soo; Viswanathan, Balasubramanian; Yoon, Young Soo
- Issue Date
- 20-Jun-2017
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Urea oxidation; Hollow nanocubes; Sodium nickel fluoride; Ionic liquid; Direct urea/air fuel cell
- Citation
- ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, v.240, pp.175 - 185
- Journal Title
- ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
- Volume
- 240
- Start Page
- 175
- End Page
- 185
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6018
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.055
- ISSN
- 0013-4686
- Abstract
- Hollow nanocubes of sodium nickel fluoride deposited on multiwall carbon nanotubes (SNF-MWCNT) have been synthesized by a facile microwave assisted process using in situ templated mechanism. Ionic liquid (IL) played an important role in synthesizing the catalysts. Physicochemical properties of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The catalysts were analyzed for urea electrooxidation using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) tests. The SNF-MWCNT electrocatalyst exhibited a very high current density of 3.12A cm(-2) mg(-1) at 20 mV s(-1) in 0.33 M urea and 5 M KOH solution aided by their Ni3+ rich surfaces, a porous and hollow structure and a favorable electronic effect of fluorine. The catalytic activity of SNF-MWCNT for urea oxidation was found superior than the commercially available Ni-C catalyst. The direct urea/air unit fuel cell showed a very promising performance by using SNF-MWCNT-5 mL IL as anode catalyst with a low amount of loading. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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