Author(s)

Asmea Khouchaf^*, Driss Takky, Mohammed El Mahi Chbihi, Said Benmokhtar

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Materials LCPM, University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.

Polyaniline film was prepared by using the repeated potential cycling technique in an acidic solution at the surface of glassy carbon electrode. Then transition metal ions of Ni and Cu were incorporated to the polymer by immersion of the modified electrode. A comparative study of the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol is made in NaOH, on Ni and Cu on polyaniline film covered glassy carbon electrode (Ni-PANI-GC, Cu-PANI-GC) at 25℃. Catalytic activity for the oxidation of methanol was studied by using cyclic voltammetry.

Methanol, Polyanilne, Cyclic Voltammetry, Electrocatalytic Oxidation

Khouchaf, A. , Takky, D. , Chbihi, M. and Benmokhtar, S. (2016) Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol on Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified by Metal Ions (Copper and Nickel) Dispersed into Polyaniline Film. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 4, 97-105. doi: 10.4236/msce.2016.42011.