Electrocatalytic performance of Pd-based electro-catalysts supported on CNTs for isopropanol and ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium

M Zikhali, T Matthews, CT Selepe, KA Adegoke… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Palladium carbon nanotubes and palladium-niobium carbon nanotubes electro-catalysts
were successfully prepared through the alcohol reduction method. The composition and …

Nitrogen-doped carbon nano-onions/polypyrrole nanocomposite based low-cost flexible sensor for room temperature ammonia detection

SD Lawaniya, S Kumar, Y Yu, K Awasthi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
One of the frontier research areas in the field of gas sensing is high-performance room
temperature-based novel sensing materials, and new family of low-cost and eco-friendly …

Label-free electrochemical aptasensor for ultrasensitive thrombin detection using graphene nanoplatelets and carbon nano onion-based nanocomposite

MA Ansari, WJ Liew, CP Kurup, MU Ahmed - Journal of Electroanalytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thrombin (TB) is a protease enzyme functioning in the blood coagulation cascade. It plays
an important function in a number of diseases, including thromboembolic disease …

Studies on the catalytic properties of palladium–niobium electrocatalysts supported on carbon nano-onions toward isopropanol and ethanol electro-oxidation in an …

M Zikhali, T Matthews, CT Selepe… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Renewable energy systems have gained remarkable attention as potential green energy
sources with escalating energy demand and environmental issues. Direct alcohol fuel cells …

Ultra-efficient electrooxidation of ethylene glycol enable by Pd-loaded Fe-doped Nb2O5 with abundant oxygen vacancies

L Qi, J Jiang, Y Sun, F Xie, Y Zhao, L Wan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Niobium pentoxide (Nb 2 O 5) has emerged as a highly promising electrocatalyst
for ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) due to its eco-friendly nature and its ability to …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic Analysis of Size-Dependent Surface Energy in Pd Nanoparticles for Enhanced Alkaline Ethanol Electro-Oxidation

A Santoveña-Uribe, J Maya-Cornejo, M Estevez… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
This work investigates the relationship between the mean diameter of palladium (Pd)
nanoparticles and their surface energy, specifically in the context of alkaline ethanol electro …

Porous Hollow Carbon Alkali-Activated Nanoonions As a Conductive Additive for High-Rate Lithium Primary Batteries

G Qin, Y Liu, JC He, N Wang, J Wang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The high content of the covalent C–F bond of CF x materials makes the conductivity of the
materials worse and the battery polarization serious, which greatly reduces power density …

Synthesis of onion-like carbon nanoparticles by flame pyrolysis

TH Mongwe, NJ Coville, MS Maubane-Nkadimeng - 2022 - books.rsc.org
Spherical carbons with an onion-like structure can be synthesized using a facile flame
pyrolysis (FP) method. The methodology has been known for centuries and in the 20th …

Proposal of a facile method to fabricate a multi-dope multiwall carbon nanotube as a metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

S Bakhtavar, M Mehrpooya, M Manoochehri… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, a one-pot, low-temperature synthesis method is considered for the fabrication
of heteroatom dope multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). Doped MWCNT is utilized as an …

The Effect of Ga Incorporation in TiO2/SnO2 Nanoparticle‐Decorated Hierarchical ZSM‐5 Composite as Precious‐Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electro …

TA Mashola, K Mugadza, T Matthews… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The slow nature of oxygen electro‐reduction has become a major obstacle in fuel cell
commercialization. Researchers have recently focused on developing efficient …