INCREASING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITY OF NICKEL-BASED ELECTRODE MATERIALS BY CORROSION TREATMENT
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https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v32i4.317362Keywords:
corrosion treatment, nickel foil, nickel sulfides, sodium sulfide, oxygen electroreductionAbstract
Recent studies have extensively explored the catalytic properties and synthesis of chalcogenide materials, with a particular focus on sulfides of iron-group metals. Of particular interest are nickel sulfides, in particular those that correspond in stoichiometry to natural millerite and hizlewudite. These chalcogenide compounds have garnered significant attention due to their high electrical conductivity, comparable to pure nickel, and their remarkable catalytic performance in oxygen electroreduction. Cyclic voltammetry measurements reveal that prolonging the corrosion treatment of bright sulfur-containing nickel coatings in concentrated acetic acid increases the sulfur content on the surface, leading to enhanced current densities in the cyclic voltammetry curves. Similarly, the elevated current densities observed for sulfur-free nickel coatings are linked to prolonged exposure in a saturated sodium sulfide solution. Regardless of the processing method, the presence of nickel sulfides or adsorbed sulfur enhances the electrochemical activity of the electrode material. Thus it has been shown, for the first time, that in both cases, during corrosion treatment of bright nickel deposits and during adsorption treatment of matte nickel in a sodium sulfide solution, stabilization of the cathodic current density value occurs after 24 hours of both types of treatment. Accordingly, the cathodic current density, in this case, is a parameter that determines the overall electrochemical activity of the studied materials. It has been shown that the formed during corrosion treatment nickel sulfides is the most stable and effective for the electroreduction of oxygen in a low alkaline medium.
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