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Fabrication of ordered porous silicon nanowires electrode modified with palladium-nickel nanoparticles and electrochemical characteristics in direct alkaline fuel cell of carbohydrates

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A Pd-Ni nanoparticle modified silicon-based anode is fabricated and the possibility of using it for the direct alkaline fuel cell of carbohydrates has been investigated by electrochemical method. Upright and porous ordered silicon nanowires (SiNWs) arrays are prepared by wet etching. The Pd-Ni nanoparticles are covered to the SiNWs uniformly by chemical deposited successively. Using six kinds of common carbohydrate, including glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, and starch, as testing subjects, the performance of electrocatalytic oxidation is studied. Experiment results show that the electrochemically active surface area of Pd-Ni/SiNWs electrode electrochemically active surface area is 53.482 cm2, and higher electrocatalytic activity and stability is displayed for the direct oxidation of glucose, fructose, maltose, and lactose. Firstly, the Pd-Ni/SiNWs electrode has better electrochemical performance for carbohydrates and is promising for applications in direct alkaline fuel. Secondly, more kinds of carbohydrates might potentially use as energy source for direct alkaline fuel.

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Acknowledgments

This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61204127, 81172204, 81271628), Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (Grant Nos. F201332 and F201438), and City University of Hong Kong Applied Research Grant (ARG) No. 9667085.

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    Bairui Tao, Keyang Zhao & Fengjuan Miao

  2. Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, 157000, China

    Bairui Tao, Zaishun Jin & Jianbo Yu

  3. Department of Physics and Materials Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Paul K. Chu

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Tao, B., Zhao, K., Miao, F. et al. Fabrication of ordered porous silicon nanowires electrode modified with palladium-nickel nanoparticles and electrochemical characteristics in direct alkaline fuel cell of carbohydrates. Ionics 22, 1891–1898 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1717-y

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