Structural Study of Reduced Graphene Oxide/ Polypyrrole Composite as Methanol Sensor in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Mumtazah Atiqah Hassan; Siti Kartom Kamarudin; Siti Kartom Kamarudin, E-mail: ctie@ukm.edu.my2016
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[en] Density functional theory (DFT) computations were performed on the optimized geometric and electronic properties of reduced graphene oxide/polypyrole (rGO/ PPy) composite in comparison with pure graphene and graphene oxide structures. Incorporation of both reduced GO (rGO) and PPy will form a good composite which have advantages from both materials such as good mechanical strength and excellent electrical conductivity. These composite would be very suitable in fabrication of methanol sensor in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The HOMO-LUMO energy (eV) was also calculated. These computations provide a theoretical explanation for the good performance of rGO/ PPy composite as electrode materials in methanol sensor. (author)
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Available in abstract and full-text from http://www.ukm.my/mjas/mjas2017/; Official journal of The Malaysian Analytical Sciences Society (ANALIS)
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Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences; ISSN 1394-2506; ; v. 20(4); p. 965-970
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