Benzotiyofen@Pd as an efficient and stable catalyst for the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine

Abstract

• New organic molecule was synthesized and investigated its anode catalyst performance. • CV, CA, and EIS methods are used to determination of the hydrazine oxidation activities. • The specific activity of organic catalyst is found as 25.811 mA/cm 2 . • Pd metal is electrochemically deposited on the organic catalyst, the catalytic activity increased the 80.930 mA/cm 2 . • This activity is higher than the current expensive metal anode catalyst. An efficient methods for the synthesis of 2-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-iodobenzo[ b ]thiophene ( 4 ) is described, and investigated its anode catalyst performance by using electrochemical methods (CV, CA and EIS). When 2-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-iodobenzo[ b ]thiophene ( 4 ) is applied, the specific activity is found as 25.811 mA/cm 2 . Interestingly, when Palladium (Pd) is electrochemically deposited on the benzothiophene derivative, the catalytic activity increased the 80.930 mA/cm 2 . This result is highest than the current metal based anode catalyst. Moreover, EIS and CA measurements display that Pd doped benzothiophene organic catalyst have high stability, and give the low charge transfer resistance. Energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX), electron microscopy, TEM are used for the determination of its surface morphology. As a result, 2-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-iodobenzo[ b ]thiophene ( 4 ) may be alternative electro-catalysts in fuel cell applications.