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The current study presents a comparison for the electro-oxidation of formic acid (FA), glucose (GL), and methanol (ME) at nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiOx) modified electrodes. The modification with NiOx was pursed onto a bare glassy carbon (GC) and Pt-modified (Pt/GC) electrodes electrochemically, and the catalytic activity was measured in 0.3 M NaOH. Cyclic voltammetry (CV), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) are all used to provide a concrete characterization of the prepared electrodes. A catalytic enhancement of GL oxidation (GLO) and ME oxidation (MEO) was observed at the NiOx-modified GC (NiOx/GC) electrode, while the same electrode did not show any activity towards FA oxidation (FAO), revealing that FAO is substrate dependent. On the other hand, assembling NiOx onto the Pt/GC electrode assisted in improving the catalytic activity of all reactions (GLO, MEO, and FAO). The catalytic enhancement observed at the NiOx/Pt/GC electrode for GLO, MEO, and FAO was not only confined in the large increase of the oxidation current but also in a negative shift in the onset potential of the oxidation reaction. We believe NiOx could successfully play an essential role in this catalytic enhancement, presumably via participation in these reactions in a way facilitating the charge transfer or providing the oxygen atmosphere necessary for promoting an oxidative removal for unwanted poisoning species.
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El-Refaei, S.M., El-Nagar, G.A., Mohammad, A.M., El-Anadouli, B.E. (2015). Electro-Oxidation of Formic Acid, Glucose, and Methanol at Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Modified Platinum Electrodes. In: Dincer, I., Colpan, C., Kizilkan, O., Ezan, M. (eds) Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16709-1_43
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