Browsing by Author "Shariq, Mohammad"

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    Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Synthesized NiS/ZnS Composites as an Electrode for Super-Capacitors
    (Springer, 2021-08-22T00:00:00) Asghar, Ali; Yousaf, Muhammad Imran; Shad, Naveed Akhtar; Munir Sajid, M.; Afzal, Amir Muhammad; Javed, Yasir; Razzaq, Aamir; Shariq, Mohammad; Gulfam, Qurrat-ul-ain; Sarwar, Muhammad; Sharma, Surender K.
    In this study, nickel sulfide (NiS), zinc sulfide (ZnS), and their composites have been synthesized by using surfactant driven hydrothermal method. Synthesized materials are investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV�Vis and Photoluminescence spectroscopy. XRD results have shown the presence of corresponding structural planes. Crystallite size was much smaller (15�nm) in the case of ZnS nanomaterials, whereas, composite materials have shown size comparable to NiS nanomaterials. SEM images presented morphology of star-like, spherical, and mixture of two for NiS, ZnS, and NiS/ZnS nanocomposites respectively. EDX spectrum of composite materials showed Nickel, Zinc, and Sulfur, indicating the purity of the synthesized composite. Electrochemical measurements i.e. cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge�discharge were determined for all three materials. Maximum specific capacitance is obtained as 1594.68 F�g?1 at a scan rate of 5�mV�S?1 for NiS/ZnS composite materials whereas a charging/discharging time of 461.97�s is observed. The composite materials have shown 95.4% retention for applied for 3000 charging�discharging cycles. The favorable behavior of NiS/ZnS composites indicated their potential as an electrode material for pseudo-capacitors. � 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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    NiO and magnetic CuFe2O4-based composite electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023-09-13T00:00:00) BaQais, Amal; Shariq, Mohammad; Almutib, Eman; Al-Qasmi, Noha; Azooz, R.E.; Ali, Syed Kashif; Hassan, K.F.; Iqbal, Muzahir
    The biggest concerns confronting the modern world are the depletion of nonrenewable energy sources and rising global temperatures. The use of O2 as an alternative energy source offers a potential answer to these problems. Low-cost electrocatalysts are growing approach for electrocatalytic water splitting, such as oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Oxygen evolution reactions are tremendously well-catalyzed by inexpensive transition metal oxide-based nanostructures. Here, we present a new composite NiO/CuFe2O4 nanostructure and further investigate its potential for electrocatalytic OER applications. Microscopic and spectroscopic methods such as FE-SEM, XRD, XPS, and FTIR were utilized to explore the morphology and structural characteristics of the electrocatalyst. The composite NiO/CuFe2O4 catalyst demonstrates excellent electrochemical OER accomplishment with the overpotential of 297�mV for an alkaline medium to acquire the current density of 10�mA/cm2 and a low Tafel slope of 63�mV/dec?1 to confirm the faster reaction of the composite catalyst. The synergism between the metal ions Ni, Cu, and Fe makes the composite catalyst more efficient in its catalytic activity so; the as-prepared structure demonstrates higher electrocatalytic OER execution with cyclic stability and durability than its pristine constituents. The results show that the NiO/CuFe2O4 composite has the potential to act as an electrocatalyst for the splitting of water. � 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Societ� Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.