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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 35, Pages 17662-17670Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.273
Keywords
Ba2Co9O14/Co3O4; Nanocomposites; Sol-gel auto-combustion; Morphological engineering; Hydrogen storage
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- Iran National Science Foundation [97017837]
- University of Kashan [159271/822190]
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Barium cobalt oxide nanocomposites (Ba2Co9O14/Co3O4 NCs) as potential hydrogen storage material fabricated by sol-gel auto-combustion method using maltose as reductant, for the first time. Three different ratios of Ba:maltose were applied, including 1:5.5, 1:11 and 1:22 for morphological engineering. X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), along with Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images was applied for study the composition and structure of as-prepared samples. Also, the magnetic, optical and electrochemical properties of optimum sample were inquired using VSM, DRS and CV techniques. The porosity and surface properties of NCs were checked by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurements. FE-SEM micrographs of all maltose assisted-synthesis products showed formation of hexagonal nanoparticles on the surfaces of the microplates. According to FE-SEM, HRTEM and XRD results, 1:22 ratio of Ba:maltose and calcination process of 900 degrees C for 4 h, was selected as optimum condition. The electrochemical hydrogen sorption capability of obtained Ba2Co9O14/Co3O4 NCs was studied according to chronopotentiometry charge-discharge procedures in KOH medium and performed 1100 mAh/g discharge capacity. Based on the obtained results, Ba2Co9O14/Co3O4 NCs can be promising compounds to improve the electrochemical performance of hydrogen storage. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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