Membraneless Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells as a Promising Clean Energy Source

Fenyang Zhu; Guoxiang Chen; Aleksei Kuzin; Dmitry A. Gorin; Brij Mohan; Gaoshan Huang; Yongfeng Mei; Alexander A. Solovev

doi:10.3791/65920

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Membraneless Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells as a Promising Clean Energy Source

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Membraneless Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells as a Promising Clean Energy Source

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06:39 min

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October 20, 2023

DOI:

10.3791/65920-v

DOI:

10.3791/65920-v

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06:39 min

October 20, 2023

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Fenyang Zhu¹, Guoxiang Chen¹, Aleksei Kuzin^1,2, Dmitry A. Gorin², Brij Mohan³, Gaoshan Huang¹, Yongfeng Mei^1,4,5,6,7, Alexander A. Solovev¹

¹Department of Materials Science & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers,Fudan University, ²Center for Photonic Science and Engineering,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, ³Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Tecnico,Universidade de Lisboa, ⁴Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology,Fudan University, ⁵International Institute of Intelligent Nanorobots and Nanosystems,Fudan University, ⁶Shanghai Frontiers Science Research Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception,Fudan University, ⁷Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University

Transcript

We have illustrated a facial electroplating method deposit nano gold particles on the high surface area carbon cloth. The golds electroplate carbon cloth is heavy grid performance in serving as a cathode for hydrogen peroxide fuel cells. Due to the specific mechanism of membraneless hydrogen peroxide fuel cells, researchers are currently based on developing noble metal complexes as electrodes and improving the sensitive area of these electrodes by employing nanotechnology and coordination chemistry.

In our research, we not only proposed the electroplating methods for fabrication high surface area for the electrodes, but also found a very important role of pH in fuel cell, which remains neglected in the previously reported research. There are a lot of techniques can be used for fabricating these nanoscale electrodes, such as physical or chemical evaporations. However, this methods are very expensive, as well as time consuming.

As electrodes now need accuracy in thickness, electroplating is a very promising methods for these electrodes.

Summary

This protocol introduces the design and evaluation of innovative three-dimensional electrodes for hydrogen peroxide fuel cells, utilizing Au-electroplated carbon fiber cloth and Ni-foam electrodes. The research findings highlight hydrogen peroxide's potential as a promising candidate for sustainable energy technologies.