%0 Journal Article %T electrochemicalcharacterizationofni-coandni-co-feforoxidationofmethylalcoholfuelwithhighenergeticcatalyticsurface %A subir %A paul %A sk %A naimuddin %A asmita %A ghosh %J 燃料化学学报 %P 87-95 %D 2014 %X ?nonptbasedmetalsandalloysaselectrodematerialsformethylalcoholfuelcellshavebeeninvestigatedwithanaimoffindinghighelectrocatalyticsurfacepropertyforthefasterelectrodereactions.electrodeswerefabricatedbyelectrodepositiononpurealfoil,fromanelectrolyteofni,co,fesalts.theoptimumconditionofelectrodepositionwerefoundoutbyaseriesofexperiments,varyingthechemistryoftheelectrolyte,phvalve,temperature,currentandcellpotential.polarizationstudyofthecoatedni-coorni-co-fealloyonpurealwasfoundtoexhibithighexchangecurrentdensity,indicatinganimprovedelectrocatalyticsurfacewithfastercharge-dischargereactionsatanodeandcathodeandlowovervoltage.electrochemicalimpedancestudiesoncoatedanduncoatedsurfaceclearlyshowedthatthepolarizationresistanceandimpedanceweredecreasedbyni-coorni-co-fecoating.x-raydiffraction(xrd),energydispersivex-rayspectroscopy(edx)andatomicabsorptionspectroscopy(aas)studiesconfirmedthepresenceofalloyingelementsandconstituentsofthealloy.themorphologyofthedepositsfromscanningelectronmicroscope(sem)imagesindicatedthattheelectrodesurfacewasathreedimensionalspacewhichincreasedtheeffectivesurfaceareafortheelectrodereactionstotakeplace. %K electrodeposition %K ni-coalloy %K electrocatalytic %K exchangecurrentdensity %K impedance %K x-raydiffraction(xrd) %K scanningelectronmicroscope(sem) %U http://rlhxxb.sxicc.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract18339.shtml