1 Introduction
2 Experimental
2.1 Preparation of carbon gel and carbon–nickel–palladium composites
2.2 Sample characterization
2.3 Preparation of electrodes and evaluation of electrochemical properties
3 Results and discussion
3.1 Thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry analyses
3.2 Morphological properties
Element (at.%) | Composition | |
---|---|---|
C–Ni–Pd | C–Ni–Pd/T | |
C | 93.70 | 89.07 |
O | 4.67 | 8.35 |
Ni | 0.84 | 1.28 |
Pd | 0.79 | 1.30 |
3.3 Physical properties
Sample |
S
BET (m2/g) | Average pore diameter d
BJH (nm) |
V
CUM (cm3/g) |
---|---|---|---|
CG | 618 | 15.25 | 0.86 |
C–Ni–Pd | 530 | 2.40 | 0.05 |
C–Ni–Pd/T | 602 | 2.80 | 0.07 |