Interface Engineering of SRu-mC3N4 Heterostructures for Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrazine Oxidation Reactions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Electrochemical and Electrocatalytic Studies
2.2. Mechanistic Pathway for Electrochemical Hydrazine Oxidation on SRu-mC3N4
3. Methods
Experimental Details and Characterization
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sr. No. | Electrocatalyst | @Potential (V) vs. RHE | Current Density (mA/cm2) | Enhancement Factor (ƞ) |
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(1) | bare GCE | 1.3 | 0.85 | - |
(2) | m-C3N4 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 376 |
(3) | SRu-mC3N4 (A1) | 1.3 | 5.25 | 617 |
(4) | SRu-mC3N4 (A3) | 1.3 | 3.28 | 386 |
(5) | SRu-mC3N4 (A2) | 1.3 | 3.1 | 364 |
(6) | SRu-mC3N4 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 2258 |
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Munde, A.; Sharma, P.; Dhawale, S.; Kadam, R.G.; Kumar, S.; Kale, H.B.; Filip, J.; Zboril, R.; Sathe, B.R.; Gawande, M.B. Interface Engineering of SRu-mC3N4 Heterostructures for Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrazine Oxidation Reactions. Catalysts 2022, 12, 1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121560
Munde A, Sharma P, Dhawale S, Kadam RG, Kumar S, Kale HB, Filip J, Zboril R, Sathe BR, Gawande MB. Interface Engineering of SRu-mC3N4 Heterostructures for Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrazine Oxidation Reactions. Catalysts. 2022; 12(12):1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121560
Chicago/Turabian StyleMunde, Ajay, Priti Sharma, Somnath Dhawale, Ravishankar G. Kadam, Subodh Kumar, Hanumant B. Kale, Jan Filip, Radek Zboril, Bhaskar R. Sathe, and Manoj B. Gawande. 2022. "Interface Engineering of SRu-mC3N4 Heterostructures for Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrazine Oxidation Reactions" Catalysts 12, no. 12: 1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121560