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Yuan Wu1,2, Xiaonan Yang1,2, Shuhui Liu1,2
1State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University Yinchuan 750021 China jin_xy@nxu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this work, a H-type hydroquinone/O2 fuel cell was assembled and shows high energy density in neutral phosphate buffer solution at moderate temperature. The anodic material, Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs, was synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal synthesis method to oxidize hydroquinone. The cathode material, Pt/MWCNTs, was obtained by an electrodeposition method, and shows great oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The properties and the morphology of Ni(OH)2/MWCNT nanocomposites were characterized by TEM, XPS, EDS-mapping and electrochemical methods, like cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results show that Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs can effectively oxidize hydroquinone and play a dominant role in enhancing the fuel cell performance. The nonenzymatic fuel cell possesses a high power density of 0.24 mW cm-2 at a cell potential of 0.49 V.
