NiO/NbO/C hydrazine electrooxidation catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells

坂本 友和*; 増田 晃之*; 吉本 光児*; 岸 浩史*; 山口 進*; 松村 大樹; 田村 和久; 堀 彰宏*; 堀内 洋輔*; Serov, A.*; et al.

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164(4), p.F229 - F234, 2017/01

https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0281704jes

NiO/ NbO/C (8:1), (4:1), (2:1), NiO/C, and Ni/C catalysts for hydrazine electrooxidation were synthesized by an evaporation drying method followed by thermal annealing. Prepared catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS). The highest catalytic activity in mentioned above reactionwas found for Ni/C, followed by: NiO/NbO/C (8:1), NiO/NbO/C (4:1). NiO/NbO/C (2:1) whiles NiO/C has almost no activity for hydrazine oxidation. It was explained by oxygen defect of NiO in NiO/ NbO/C from XAFS analysis. The selectivity hydrazine electrooxidation as measured by ammonia production resulted in observation that metallic Ni surface facilitates N-N bond breaking of hydrazine, which was confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.