Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 56, Issue 16, Pages 5754-5758Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.04.049
Keywords
Layered double hydroxides; Electrodeposition; Electrocatalysis; Methanol; Dihydroxynickel
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20801001, 21075001]
- Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation [11040606M46]
- foundation for doctor science research of Anhui Normal University
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Ni-Al-NO3 layered double hydroxides (LDH) are electrodeposited on the glassy carbon (GC) electrodes and the electrocatalytic activities of the modified electrodes toward methanol oxidation are studied in detail by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. Various factors affecting the electro-oxidation of methanol are investigated for optimizing the electrocatalytic properties and making the mechanism clearly such as methanol concentration, scan rate, KOH concentration, Ni:Al ratio of Ni-Al LDH used. The results show that Ni-Al-NO3 LDH exhibit higher electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation and better stability than that of Ni(OH)(2) prepared under the same condition. The LDH with Ni:Al ratio of 3:1 display a good electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation in 0.5 M KOH. The mechanism of methanol oxidation on Ni-Al LDHf/GC electrode is also proposed according to the experimental results, involving in both a chemical oxidation via Fleischmann's mechanism and a direct electro-oxidation on the Ni3+ oxide surface. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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