Abstract
Electrochemical production of H2O2 by oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides an alternative method to the energy intensive anthraquinone process. Nickel-Molybdenum-Tellurium (Ni-Mo-Te) film has been electrodeposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. Te loading in the Ni-Mo-Te film was varied by changing Te precursor concentration in the electrolyte. The resulting film was tested in an H-cell as an electrocatalyst for H2O2 production via ORR. A 4-fold increase in the activity towards ORR was attributed to the increased number of Te sites in the Ni-Mo-Te film leading to effective electron transfer.
Funder
Nevada Undergraduate Research Award
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Condensed Matter Physics,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials