One-Pot Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Supported Mn-Co Nanoparticles for Hydrazine Oxidation

Autor: Aivars Zurins, Gediminas Niaura, Eivilė Budrytė, Eugenijus Norkus, Kätlin Kaare, Ivar Kruusenberg, Jūratė Vaičiūnienė, Aldona Balčiūnaitė, Galina Dobele, Aleksandrs Volperts, Loreta Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: ECS Transactions. 97:593-603
ISSN: 1938-6737
1938-5862
DOI: 10.1149/09707.0593ecst
Popis: The nitrogen-doped carbon (N-doped C), that has a graphene-like structure, has been chosen as a support for the deposition of Mn-Co nanoparticles (Mn-CoNPs) using a rapid microwave heating method with the aim to use them as the anode material for direct hydrazine fuel cells (DHFCs). For comparison, the pure CoNPs/N-doped C and MnNPs/N-doped C catalysts have been synthesized under similar conditions. The structure, morphology and composition of the synthesized catalysts have been characterized using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The electrocatalytic activity of the prepared Mn-CoNPs/N-doped C, CoNPs/N-doped C and MnNPs/N-doped C catalysts for hydrazine oxidation has been evaluated using cyclic voltammetry and chrono-techniques. Cyclic voltammograms on the prepared catalysts have been recorded in a 0.05 M N2H4 + 1 M NaOH solution at a potential scan rate of 10 mV s–1. It has been determined that the Mn-CoNPs/N-doped C, CoNPs/N-doped C and MnNPs/N-doped C catalysts show an enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of hydrazine in an alkaline medium. Moreover, the oxidation process of hydrazine on the Mn-CoNPs/N-doped C, CoNPs/N-doped C and MnNPs/N-doped C catalysts is controlled by the diffusion processes. The data on the oxidation of hydrazine on the N-doped C supported Mn-CoNPs, CoNPs and MnNPs under various conditions are compared and discussed.
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