• 文献标题:   Effect of graphene on the performance of nickel foam-based CoNi nanosheet anode catalyzed direct urea-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   LI BP, SONG CY, YIN JL, YAN J, YE K, CHENG K, ZHU K, CAO DX, WANG GL
  • 作者关键词:   reduced graphene oxide, electrodeposition, urea electrooxidation, coni nanosheet, duhpfc
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • ISSN:   0360-3199 EI 1879-3487
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Engn Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.05.158
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The highly porous electrode of a crisscrossed CoNi nanosheets array grown on reduced graphene oxide decorated Ni foam (CoNi/rGO@Ni foam) is fabricated through a facile dip and dry method followed by electroreduction and electrodeposition methods. The phase composition and morphology of the electrode are characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, and EDS. In single electrode tests, CoNi/rGO@Ni foam electrode displays an excellent catalytic performance (330 mA cm(-2) at 0.6 V) and stability towards urea electrooxidation when comparing to Ni foam and CoNi nanosheets modified Ni foam (CoNi@Ni foam) electrode. Besides, a low initial oxidation potential of urea electro-oxidation to 0.14 V is achieved on the CoNi/rGO@Ni foam electrode. The introducing of rGO to the electrode greatly reduced the reaction activation energy from 14.47 to 10.35 kJ mol(-1). Besides, large active surface area (261.67 cm(2)) is also obtained from the electrode. The CoNi/rGO@Ni foam anode exhibits a maximum power density of 12.58 mW cm(-2) in direct urea-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell tests. Excellent performance shows in single electrode tests and fuel cell tests suggest that addition of rGO to the electrode is an easy and feasible method to enhance the performance of the catalyst. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.