Iron selenide nanoparticles coated on carbon nanotubes from single source ferrocene incorporated selenourea precursor for fuel cell and photocatalytic applications

•New ferrocene incorporated selenourea has been synthesized.•It was converted to FeSe/MWCNTs catalyst.•The catalyst presents fuel cell and photocatalytic applications.

This article presents the synthesis and characterization (multinuclear NMR, FTIR, CHNS, AAS and single crystal XRD) of a single source organometallic precursor namely 1-(4-methylbenzoyl)-3-(3-ferrocenylphenyl)selenourea for the fabrication of iron selenide (FeSe) nanoparticles (NPs) supported on multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) which were characterized with XRD, SEM and TEM with fuel cell and photocatalytic applications.

Graphical abstractPlot of absorbance vs. wavelength showing degradation of methyl orange in the presence of FeSe/MWCNTs.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide