Recent advances in electroless nickel‑boron coatings

V Vitry, J Hastir, A Mégret, S Yazdani, M Yunacti… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroless nickel‑boron coatings have been used in various industrial sectors for more than
40 years due to their excellent mechanical and tribological properties, that exceed those of …

Nonprecious anodic catalysts for low-molecular-hydrocarbon fuel cells: Theoretical consideration and current progress

MA Abdelkareem, ET Sayed, HO Mohamed… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly into electrical
energy with high efficiency. The high cost of platinum catalysts and sluggish reaction kinetics …

Electroless Ni-B and composite coatings: A critical review on formation mechanism, properties, applications and future trends

Q Barati, SMM Hadavi - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2020 - Elsevier
Because of its unique properties, the electroless method is used as an effective and
important technique to create uniform coatings. Among the coatings that can be made by …

State of art review on nickel-based electroless coatings and materials

VB Chintada, R Koona… - Journal of Bio-and Tribo …, 2021 - Springer
Surface coatings are widely used in various industries to improve the functional performance
and robustness. Researchers considered the electroless-coating technique is one of the …

Catalytic performance of nanostructured materials recently used for developing fuel cells' electrodes

N Hassan - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel cell is a promising technique as a renewable source of energy. The beginning and
development of fuel cells started since the early 1800s. Fuel cells can be classified …

Mechanical and electrochemical properties of ultrasonic-assisted electroless deposition of Ni–B–TiO2 composite coatings

V Niksefat, M Ghorbani - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Nickel–Boron–Titania (Ni–B–TiO 2) composite coatings were successfully obtained
on mild steel (St-37) by simultaneous electroless deposition. TiO 2 particles were dispersed …

Recent developments in nickel based electrocatalysts for ethanol electrooxidation

AN Vyas, GD Saratale, SD Sartale - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2020 - Elsevier
A survey is done to gain a general idea in the development of various nickel based anode
electrocatalysts for ethanol electrooxidation reaction. Platinum and other noble metal …

Synthesis, characterization and applications of electroless Ni-B coatings-a review

RA Shakoor, R Kahraman, W Gao, Y Wang - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Electroless nickel coating process has experienced remarkable modifications since its
invention by Branner and Riddell in 1946. This process has proven to be very useful for …

Ni–B amorphous alloy nanoparticles modified nanoporous Cu toward ethanol oxidation in alkaline medium

SJ Zhang, YX Zheng, LS Yuan, LH Zhao - Journal of Power Sources, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanoporous Cu (NPC) prepared by dealloying CuZn alloy is used as an economic substrate
for the fabrication of Ni–B alloy (Ni–B/NPC) by ultrasonic-assisted electroless technique. The …

Amorphous NiB alloy decorated by Cu as the anode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell

X Yin, Q Wang, D Duan, S Liu, Y Wang - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, amorphous NiB alloy decorated by Cu is prepared by chemical reduction.
Moreover, the effect of Cu addition for the electrocatalytic activity of borohydride (BH 4−) …