In the present work, Cu-doped nickel ferrite (Cu x ni (1−x) fe 2 o 4) nanoparticles (cunfnps) were chemically fabricated by adding citric acid as a capping agent followed by combustion and calcination for acetaldehyde oxidation reaction (AOR) in KOH electrolytes. The as-prepared CuNFNPs were studied in terms of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area analyses. The morphology of CuNFNPs has sponges-structure containing irregular pores. Additionally, XRD analysis indicated that the prepared CuNFNPs have a cubic-crystals ferrite without the existence of impurities and the crystal size around 20.2 nm. The electrooxidation of acetaldehyde by the presented CuNFNPs was investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eiS) in − OH media. Furthermore, the effects of − OH and acetaldehyde on the electrocatalytic performance were studied with and without Cu-doping in addition to EIS and CA studies which confirm the high-performance of cunfnps as an electrocatalyst for AoR. Electrocatalytic degradation of aldehydes which have the highest potential among the volatile organic compounds continues to be one of the interesting research points because it can be utilized for different catalytic industrial application areas 1. Aldehydes including acetaldehyde can be produced through alcohol electrooxidation besides the degradation of contaminated organic compounds 2. It's a combustion intermediate of biofuels and fossil fuels and biofuels 3. Due to aldehydes emission ability to the outer atmosphere, it is important to remove aldehydes before its emission. Electrocatalytic oxidation can be applied and considered as one of the best techniques because of low-operating temperature, and energy consumption. In spite of the reported literature, the research on the acetaldehyde electrooxidation remains far from commercialization. Compared to ethanol, methanol, formic acid, and urea, the acetaldehyde electrooxidation reaction (AOR) was scarcely reported in the literature 4,5. Therefore, this study focusses on the AOR at the surface of novel and non-precious material. Acetaldehyde (CH 3-CH=O) is the simplest structure having CC species with different polarity and, as such, may be easily studied as a model for the investigation of CC bond cleavage. Therefore, it would be worth studying how the aldehydes compounds which may produce as intermediates in fuel cells could be oxidized to CO 2. The AOR has similar intermediates of ethanol (CH 3-CH 2 OH) electrooxidation which is the anodic process of ethanol fuel cells (EFCs), i.e. CH 3 CO (ads) , CH x(ads) and CO (ads) 4,6. These intermediates can finally produce acetic acid and/ or CO 2. Therefore, the investigation of AOR appears to have a high potential in the process of EFCs. The utilized electrocatalyst for AOR ...