Two dimensional Cu based nanocomposite materials for direct urea fuel cell

In this work, Cu2O nanoparticles were successfully prepared onto the surface of two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) by using a simple solution chemistry approach. An environment-friendly reducing agent, glucose, was used for synthesis NPs g-C3N4 without any surfactant or additives. The composition, crystalline structure, morphology, as well other properties have been investigated XPS, XRD, SEM, FTIR, FESEM, EDS, etc. electrochemical measurements materials demonstrated that exhibited weak oxidation activity towards urea, while has no urea oxidation. supported on (Cu2O-g-C3N4) significant reached two times unsupported one. increase in performance related to synergetic effect between and support. composite high stability confirmed from stable current discharge around 3 h noticeable degradation performance.