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Citation: Na WU, Xue ZHANG, Wenyan NIU, Yujuan ZHANG, Tuoping HU. Ni-NiO@g-C3N4: Fabrication and performance for electrocatalytic methanol oxidation[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2026, 42(6): 1289-1298. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20250369 shu

Ni-NiO@g-C3N4: Fabrication and performance for electrocatalytic methanol oxidation

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    Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering, Lyuliang University, Lüliang, Shanxi 033001, China

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    School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China

  • Corresponding author: Tuoping HU, hutuoping@nuc.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 11 December 2025
    Revised Date: 27 April 2026

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  • A composite catalyst (Ni-NiO@CN) with nickel-nickel oxide (Ni-NiO) loaded on two-dimensional g-C3N4 (CN) was successfully constructed by hydrothermal coupled pyrolysis. The Ni-NiO nanostructure served as the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) active center, and the N-rich CN matrix promoted electron transfer and effectively protected the active components from shedding through physical isolation. Ni-NiO@CN-500, obtained by calcination at 500 ℃, exhibited the highest activity with the current density of 164 mA·cm-2 at 1.67 V (vs RHE) in the alkaline medium. Furthermore, the current density of Ni-NiO@CN-500 could be maintained at 154.9 mA·cm-2 (94.5% of its initial value) in the CO-saturated alkaline methanol electrolyte, significantly outperforming commercial Pt/C catalysts.
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