期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 325, 期 -, 页码 653-663出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.06.088
关键词
Electrocatalyst; Electrodeposition-fuel cells; eQCM; Ethanol electrooxidation; FE-SEM
资金
- Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) in Egypt [6630]
Ni/Graphite electrocatalysts (Ni/G) are successfully prepared through electrodeposition of Ni from acidic (pH = 0.8) and feebly acidic (pH = 5.5) aqueous Ni (II) baths. The efficiencies of such electrodes are investigated as anodes for direct alkaline ethanol fuel cells through their ethanol electrooxidation cyclic voltammetric (CV) response in alkaline medium. A direct proportionality between the amount of the electrodeposited Ni and its CV response is found. The amounts of the deposited Ni from the two baths are recorded using the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (eQCM). The Ni/G electrodes prepared from the feebly acidic bath show a higher electrocatalytic response than those prepared from the acidic bath. Surface morphology of the Ni particles electrodeposited from feebly acidic bath appears in a nano scale dimension. Various electrochemical experiments are conducted to confirm that the Ni/G ethanol electrooxidation CV response greatly depends on the pH rather than nickel ion concentration of the deposition bath. The eQCM technique is used to detect the crystalline phases of nickel as alpha-Ni(OH)(2)/gamma-NiOOH and beta-Ni(OH)(2)/beta-NiOOH and their in-situ inter-transformations during the potentiodynamic polarization. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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