Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution of ultrafine nano-Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> coupled with N-rich carbon composites

LI Yan; CHENG Qing-yan; LIU Dong-jie; YANG Shu-hui; HU Liang-yan; GU Yun-han; SHI Hua; QIAO Jin-dong

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60003-3

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LI Yan, CHENG Qing-yan, LIU Dong-jie, YANG Shu-hui, HU Liang-yan, GU Yun-han, SHI Hua, QIAO Jin-dong. Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution of ultrafine nano-Co3O4 coupled with N-rich carbon composites[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(7): 904-911. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60003-3

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LI Yan, CHENG Qing-yan, LIU Dong-jie, YANG Shu-hui, HU Liang-yan, GU Yun-han, SHI Hua, QIAO Jin-dong. Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution of ultrafine nano-Co₃O₄ coupled with N-rich carbon composites[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(7): 904-911. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60003-3

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Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution of ultrafine nano-Co₃O₄ coupled with N-rich carbon composites

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60003-3

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Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology & High Efficient Energy Saving of Hebei Province, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, Tianjin 300499, China
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Tianjin Jiesiman Building Materials Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300382, China

Funds: The project was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2018202293).

Received Date: 2021-12-17
Accepted Date: 2022-02-25
Rev Recd Date: 2022-02-13

Available Online: 2022-03-07

Publish Date: 2022-08-01

Abstract

Abstract

Transition metal oxide is a kind of catalyst with high catalytic activity for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. However, the catalytic activity is limited by the low electronic conductivity. The effective way to construct high performance electrode material or electrochemical catalyst is combining the nano material with conductive matrix material. The polymerized porphyrins supported on C₃N₄ were prepared by solvothermal method. The Co₃O₄/NC catalyst was prepared by Co modification and heat treatment of BDA-PY/C₃N₄. The physicochemical properties of the catalyst were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS and FT-IR, and so on. The results indicate that Co₃O₄/NC-600 possesses a super-small nano-Co₃O₄ structure and high nitrogen content. The strong chemical bond between pyridinic N of the nitrogen-doped carbon and Co is formed, resulting in a synergistic effect, which makes the catalyst show good catalytic performance in OER reaction. Its Tafel slope is only 66.4 mV/dec and the minimum overpotential is 343.3 mV when the current density reaches 10 mA/cm².
- electrocatalyst,
- porphyrin,
- oxygen evolution reaction,
- transition metal oxide,
- Co₃O₄

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