Fabrication of nanoscale NiO/Ni heterostructures as electrocatalysts for efficient methanol oxidation

Juan Wang, Detre Teschner, Yuanying Yao, Xing Huang, Marc Willinger, Lidong Shao, Robert Schlögl

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Abstract

Nanoscale NiO/Ni heterostructures on oxygen-functionalized carbon nanotubes with low Ni loading (3-4 wt%) are fabricated by delicate thermal-annealing treatments, which are designed according to the temperature-programmed thermal analysis. Activity and stability tests demonstrate that NiO/Ni heterostructures with a stable Ni core inside an oxyhydroxide shell (in solution) exhibit enhanced stability and catalytic activity for methanol oxidation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9946-9951
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume5
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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