Fariba Kaedi - Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, P.O. Box ۹۸۱۳۵-۶۷۴, Iran
Zahra Yavari - Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, P.O. Box ۹۸۱۳۵-۶۷۴, Iran
Ahmadreza Abbasian - Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
Meissam Noroozifar - Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, P.O. Box ۹۸۱۳۵-۶۷۴, Iran

The cost and performance of electrodes are two major parameters in fabricating of polymeric fuel cells. Hence, the noble metals incorporated on supports are employed as electrocatalyst for liquid fuel oxidation [1]. Stable structure, high surface area, and good electronic and geometric properties of support in addition to appropriate interaction of the support and the metal are criteria to choose a support [2]. In the present study, nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) powder was fabricated via a novel combustion method and applied as support for Pd nano catalyst. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques were employed to character morphology and structure of NiFe2O4 powder. Then, it was focused on the chemical reduction of Pd nanoparticle on NiFe2O4 powder. The catalytic activity of Pd-NiFe2O4 for the electrooxidation of diethylene glycol was investigated in sodium hydroxide solution by using the electrochemical techniques. The results proved that the association of Pd nanoparticles with NiFe2O4 support was effective to increase the current density and the transferred charge during the reaction of diethylene glycol electrooxidation