Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea

Meguerdichian, Andrew G.; Tasnim, Habiba; Tabassum, Lamya; Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu; Shirazi Amin, Alireza; Shakil, Md R.; Toloueinia, Panteha; Achola, Laura A.; Willis, William S.; Suib, Steven L.

doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109750

Title: Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea

Abstract

The application of metabolites from the modern clinic (patient care environments including hospitals and medical facilities) has become an important part of energy research as these materials are readily available at low-cost and are non-toxic to handle in large quantities for catalyst development in the chemical industry. A modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) route was utilized in the preparation of nickel oxide, NiO nanomaterials using Dextran/Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate and Dextran/Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (Na-CMC). The catalysts were then applied towards the electrocatalytic decomposition of urea, a metabolite from human and animal urine for Direct Urea Fuel Cell (DUFC) technology. Results from the catalysis demonstrated that the sample prepared via Dextran/Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate had the greatest Electroactive Surface Area (ESA) of 146 $$\frac{cm^2}{mg}$$, potentially a result of the well-defined clusters produced using the citrate coordinating species to produce individual particles.

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Meguerdichian, Andrew G. ^[1]; Tasnim, Habiba ^[2]; Tabassum, Lamya ^[2]; Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu ^[2]; Shirazi Amin, Alireza ^[1]; Shakil, Md R. ^[2]; Toloueinia, Panteha ^[1]; Achola, Laura A. ^[2]; Willis, William S. ^[2];

^[1]

Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States). Inst. of Materials Science
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1597819

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1594219

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13622

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 295; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1387-1811

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Mesoporous; Nickel; Solution Combustion; Urea; Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

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                    Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Tasnim, Habiba, Tabassum, Lamya, Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu, Shirazi Amin, Alireza, Shakil, Md R., Toloueinia, Panteha, Achola, Laura A., Willis, William S., and Suib, Steven L. Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Tasnim, Habiba, Tabassum, Lamya, Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu, Shirazi Amin, Alireza, Shakil, Md R., Toloueinia, Panteha, Achola, Laura A., Willis, William S., & Suib, Steven L. Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109750

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                    Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Tasnim, Habiba, Tabassum, Lamya, Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu, Shirazi Amin, Alireza, Shakil, Md R., Toloueinia, Panteha, Achola, Laura A., Willis, William S., and Suib, Steven L. Sun .  
"Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109750.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597819.

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@article{osti_1597819,

  title        = {Modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) of nickel oxide, NiO sphere clusters using glucans and sodium salts: Application for electrocatalytic decomposition of urea},

  author       = {Meguerdichian, Andrew G. and Tasnim, Habiba and Tabassum, Lamya and Kankanam-Kapuge, Tharindu and Shirazi Amin, Alireza and Shakil, Md R. and Toloueinia, Panteha and Achola, Laura A. and Willis, William S. and Suib, Steven L.},

  abstractNote = {The application of metabolites from the modern clinic (patient care environments including hospitals and medical facilities) has become an important part of energy research as these materials are readily available at low-cost and are non-toxic to handle in large quantities for catalyst development in the chemical industry. A modified Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) route was utilized in the preparation of nickel oxide, NiO nanomaterials using Dextran/Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate and Dextran/Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (Na-CMC). The catalysts were then applied towards the electrocatalytic decomposition of urea, a metabolite from human and animal urine for Direct Urea Fuel Cell (DUFC) technology. Results from the catalysis demonstrated that the sample prepared via Dextran/Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate had the greatest Electroactive Surface Area (ESA) of 146 $\frac{cm^2}{mg}$, potentially a result of the well-defined clusters produced using the citrate coordinating species to produce individual particles.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109750},

  journal      = {Microporous and Mesoporous Materials},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 295,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Sun Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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