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Preparation of nano nickel oxide using a biological template chicken egg endometrium and its electrochemical properties

YUN GAO1,* , YING ZHAO1, XIAOMIAN WANG1, YI YANG1

Affiliation

  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei united university, Tangshan 063009, PR China

Abstract

We used chicken egg endometrium as a template, citric acid as the chelator, and a sol – gel method to prepare nano NiO. The preparation conditions included: temperature of 70 °C, reaction ratio [n(Ni2+): n(citric acid)] of 1:1; calcination temperature of 500 °C; and calcination time of 2h. The resulting powder sample was tested for the size using X-ray diffraction (XRD). SEM and TEM were used to examine the morphology. The nano NiO powder had a specific capacity of 198.1F/g. After 100 cycles, the discharge capacity was reduced to 177F/g, suggesting a electrochemical performance of the nano NiO..

Keywords

Sol-gel preparation, Chickenegg endometrium, Nano NiO, Electrochemical performance.

Citation

YUN GAO, YING ZHAO, XIAOMIAN WANG, YI YANG, Preparation of nano nickel oxide using a biological template chicken egg endometrium and its electrochemical properties, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 1-2, January-February 2015, pp.126-129 (2015).

Submitted at: Nov. 8, 2014

Accepted at: Jan. 21, 2015