Highly Active and Easily Fabricated NiCo 2 O 4  Nanoflowers for Enhanced Methanol Oxidation | Zendy

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Highly Active and Easily Fabricated NiCo 2 O 4 Nanoflowers for Enhanced Methanol Oxidation

Author(s) -

Faid Alaa Y.,

Ismail Hadeer

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

chemistryselect

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 34

ISSN - 2365-6549

DOI - 10.1002/slct.201901580

Subject(s) - overpotential , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , methanol , raman spectroscopy , electrolyte , materials science , chemical engineering , transmission electron microscopy , scanning electron microscope , desorption , adsorption , nuclear chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , electrochemistry , nanotechnology , electrode , organic chemistry , physics , optics , engineering , composite material

Metal oxides with tailored nanomorphology represent a powerful tool to improve the electrocatalytic activity. Herein NiCo 2 O 4 nanoflowers were synthesized via facile microwave method. NiCo 2 O 4 nanoflowers were characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, N 2 gas adsorption/desorption, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Through comparing NiCo 2 O 4 nanoparticle vs nanoflowers morphology, NiCo 2 O 4 nanoflowers have a superior mass and specific electroactivity towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by achieving a current density of 10 mA/cm 2 at an overpotential of only 280 mV in 1M KOH electrolyte. Moreover, NiCo 2 O 4 nanoflowers display superior performance for methanol electrooxidation in fuel cells by achieving 200 A/g and recovers 92.3 % of the original activity through the addition of new (1M KOH + 0.5M methanol) electrolyte after 500 cycles.

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