Studies on Fe–Co spinel electrodes |
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Institution: | 1. CCMM, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, Campo Grande, R. Ernesto Vasconcelos, Edificio C8, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal;2. Departamento de Engenharia Química e do Ambiente, Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Quinta do Contador, Estrada da Serra 2300-313 Tomar Portugal;3. Departamento de Química, Universidade de Évora, Colégio Luís Verney, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000 Évora, Portugal |
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Abstract: | FeCo2O4 spinel oxide pelleted electrodes were prepared from the respective powders, obtained by low-temperature coprecipitation method. X-ray diffraction studies suggest the coexistence of two spinel phases, with different a-cell parameters. The samples show semiconductor-type behaviour, in the range 530–340 K. The estimated activation energy for conduction is about 0.7 eV. These phases are stable, after being used as electrode materials, as the XRD and SEM/EDS results show. Cyclic voltammetry has been used to investigate the electrochemical behaviour of the FeCo2O4 electrodes in 1 mol dm?3 KOH aqueous solutions. The voltammetric data allowed finding out the redox reactions occurring at the electrode surface, namely Fe3O4·4H2O/Fe(OH)2 or Fe3O4/Fe2O3 and CoO2/CoOOH by comparing the experimental results with those referred in the literature. |
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