Citation: WANG Gai, BO Qiong, YANG Dong-hua, LI Yu-peng, ZHAO Yu, GE Chao. Synthesis and electrochemical evaluation of nano-NiO-Y composite cathode material for hydrogen evolution in microbial electrolysis cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2019, 47(6): 762-768. shu

Synthesis and electrochemical evaluation of nano-NiO-Y composite cathode material for hydrogen evolution in microbial electrolysis cell

WANG Gai ^1,, ,
BO Qiong ¹ ,
YANG Dong-hua ¹ ,
LI Yu-peng ¹ ,
ZHAO Yu ¹ ,
GE Chao ²

1.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
2.
College of Textile Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, China

Corresponding author: WANG Gai,
Received Date: 11 January 2019
Revised Date: 23 April 2019

Fund Project: The project was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China(201701D121028) and National Natural Science Foundation of China(21802101)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China 201701D121028National Natural Science Foundation of China 21802101

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Nano Y zeolites were synthesized by adding carbon spheres into the synthesis sol of Y zeolites subjected to aging and hydrothermal crystallization; nickel-salt precursors were then loaded by using an incipient-wetness impregnation (IWI) method. After calcination, the nano-NiO-Y composite were then characterized by means of XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, TG-DTG, and N₂ adsorption-desorption techniques and its performance as the cathode material for hydrogen evolution in microbial electrolysis cell was then investigated. The results show that the nano-NiO-Y composite has a crystal size of 500 nm of size and multiple porous structure including micro and mesopores; the total surface area and pore volume of nano-NiO-Y composites are 774.3 m²/g and 0.495 cm³/g, respectively. The electrochemical tests of linear scanning voltammetry and Tafel plots show that as microbial electrolytic cell (MEC) cathode, the nano-NiO-Y composite with a nickel-salt loading of 30% exhibits high electrocatalytic activity. In a continuous operation cycle, the largest hydrogen evolution current density of the nano-NiO-Y composites reaches 22.87 A/m², and the H₂ content is about 73.71% in total gas. The hydrogen production efficiency is 0.393 m³/(m³·d), comparable to that of Pt/C cathode.
- nano-NiO-Y composites,
- multiple porous,
- active sites,
- microbial electrolysis cell,
- cathode materials
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