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J Solid State Electrochem (2013) 17:99– 107 DOI 10.1007/s10008-012-1855-8 ORIGINAL PAPER High electrocatalytic activity of non-noble Ni-Co/graphene catalyst for direct ethanol fuel cells Zaihua Wang Yongling Du Fengyuan Zhang Zhixiang Zheng Yuzhen Zhang Chunming Wang Received: 10 July 2012 /Revised: 17 August 2012 /Accepted: 26 August 2012 /Published online: 11 September 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract The electrocatalytic oxidation of ethanol is studied both for environmental reasons and the low availability of on the non-noble catalysts Ni-Co/graphene and Ni/graphene fossil fuels [1, 2]. As an alternative to fossil fuels, direct supported on glass carbon electrode (GCE) in alkaline medi- alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been regarded as one of the um. The synthesized materials are characterized by X-ray most appropriate choices [3]. The versatility of DAFCs has diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission been shown through the use of a variety of fuels, such as electron microscopy, and scanning transmission electron mi- methanol [4] and ethanol [5] as well as with other small croscopy. The elements of Ni-Co/graphene and Ni/graphene alcohols and carbohydrates [6]. Recently, ethanol has been catalysts are characterized using energy-dispersive X-ray gaining considerable attention due to its greater availability spectroscopy. The electrocatalytic properties of Ni-Co/gra- and higher energy storage capacity (per volume) than meth- phene and Ni/graphene for ethanol oxidation are investigated anol [7], although the most common alcohol for DAFCs was by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and Tafel plot. methanol (direct methanol fuel cells) in the past. The low Compared with Ni/graphene catalyst, Ni-Co/graphene has the reaction kinet