Self-supported NiO/CuO electrodes to boost urea oxidation in direct urea fuel cells
Nano Energy(2023)
摘要
Direct urea fuel cells (DUFCs) can be used to treat residual wastewater while generating electricity. Herein, self-supported electrodes consisting of NiO nanosheets vertically grown on CuO nanowires are synthesized to realize the urea oxidation reaction (UOR). Such electrodes show excellent UOR performance requiring 1.39 V vs. RHE to achieve 100 mA/cm2. Besides, DUFCs provide open circuit voltages and power densities up to 0.88 V and 11.35 mW/cm2. Electrochemical characterization and Raman spectroscopy prove the formation of NiOOH to enable the UOR. Mott-Schottky analysis and UV photoelectron spectroscopy show the NiO/CuO p-p heterostructure to facilitate the charge transfer from CuO nanowires to NiO nanosheets. Besides, at a local level, density functional theory calculations show that the presence of CuO modulates the electronic states of Ni at the very NiOOH/CuO interface, which results in stretched Ni-O bonds and a uniquely elongated N-H bond of urea that favors its oxidation.
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Urea,Urea oxidation reaction,Electrocatalysis,Nickel oxyhydroxide,Copper,Direct urea fuel cell
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