Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 33, Pages 17392-17402Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta03900b
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- National Science Foundation of China [21345003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu [145RJZA132, 143GKDA013]
- Key Laboratory of Catalytic engineering of Gansu Province and Resources Utilization, Gansu Province
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Highly efficient and non-precious metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) and oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) are at the heart of key renewable-energy technologies. Nevertheless, developing highly active bi-functional catalysts at low cost for both OER and ORR still remains a huge challenge. In this paper, Co3O4 nanocrystals embedded in N-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon layer/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) hybrids are prepared by a facile carbonization and subsequent oxidation process of MWCNT-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). As a result, in alkaline media, the hybrid material catalyzes OER with an onset potential of 1.50 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode) and an over-potential only of 320 mV to achieve a stable current density of 10 mA cm(-2) for at least 25 h. The same hybrids also exhibit similar catalytic activity but superior stability to the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C catalyst for ORR, making it a high-performance cheap bi-catalyst for both OER and ORR. The design concept of nonmetal-doped and precious-metal-free electrocatalysts from MOFs can be extended to fabricate other novel, stable and easy to use catalyst systems for advanced applications.
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