Two dimensional Cu based nanocomposite materials for direct urea fuel cell

Najrul Hussain; Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem; Hussain Alawadhi; Abed Alaswad; Enas Taha Sayed

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.293

Two dimensional Cu based nanocomposite materials for direct urea fuel cell

Najrul Hussain, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem^*, Hussain Alawadhi, Abed Alaswad, Enas Taha Sayed

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In this work, Cu₂O nanoparticles were successfully prepared onto the surface of two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) by using a simple solution chemistry approach. An environment-friendly reducing agent, glucose, was used for the synthesis of Cu₂O NPs onto the surface of g-C₃N₄ without using any surfactant or additives. The surface composition, crystalline structure, morphology, as well as other properties have been investigated using XPS, XRD, SEM, FTIR, FESEM, EDS, etc. The electrochemical measurements of the prepared materials demonstrated that Cu₂O exhibited a weak oxidation activity towards urea, while g-C₃N₄ has no activity towards urea oxidation. The Cu₂O supported on the surface of g-C₃N₄ (Cu₂O-g-C₃N₄) demonstrated a significant activity towards urea oxidation that reached two times that of the unsupported one. The significant increase in the performance was related to the synergetic effect between the Cu₂O and g-C₃N₄ support. The prepared composite materials demonstrated high stability towards urea oxidation as confirmed from the stable current discharge for around 3 h without any noticeable degradation performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6051-6060
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	46
Issue number	8
Early online date	22 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.293
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2021

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CuO Nanoparticles (NPs)
Cyclic voltametry (CV)
Direct urea fuel cell
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN)
Two dimensional (2D)

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