Abstract
The recently invented hydroelectric cell (HEC) is emerging as a better alternative to green electrical energy devices. In this direction, oxygen-deficient mesoporous magnetite nanoparticles have been synthesized by a chemical method to fabricate a magnetite-based HEC. A water molecule chemidissociates on the surface Fe cations and oxygen vacancies, followed by physisorbed water molecule dissociation due to charges trapped inside mesopores of magnetite. Mesoporosity and oxygen vacancies in magnetite nanoparticles have been confirmed by BET and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. Dissociated H3O+ and OH– ions migrate toward attached silver and zinc electrodes, respectively, in magnetite HEC via capillary and surface diffusion. Ionic diffusion of dissociated ions has been confirmed by a Nyquist plot for dry and wet magnetite HEC. Ohmic loss in magnetite has been found to be less due to Fe2+/Fe3+ hopping process, which results in increased cell current. A typical magnetite HEC of 4.8 cm2 area deli...
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