• 文献标题:   Effect of Co-Ni Ratio in Graphene Based Bimetallic Electro-catalyst for Methanol Oxidation
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   SARWAR E, NOOR T, IQBAL N, MEHMOOD Y, AHMED S, MEHEK R
  • 作者关键词:   cyclic voltammetry, direct methanol fuel cells dmfcs, electrocatalyst, electrocatalytic activity, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   FUEL CELLS
  • ISSN:   1615-6846 EI 1615-6854
  • 通讯作者地址:   NUST
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1002/fuce.201700143
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this paper the electro-catalytic oxidation of methanol is studied on the non-noble catalysts Ni-Co/graphene. The bimetallic electro-catalyst was prepared with different Co-Ni ratios by using simple solution synthesis method. The synthesized materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for their structure and morphological changes. The electro-catalytic activity of Ni-Co/graphene for methanol oxidation was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) on glass carbon electrode (GCE) in alkaline medium with 1M methanol solution. The results of various electro-catalysts have shown significant electro-oxidation towards methanol. Increasing the Ni concentration in catalyst has promoted the oxidation reaction at the Co-Ni/graphene catalyst. This study reveals that the low-cost electro-catalyst Ni-Co/graphene has great potential for DMFC applications.