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Probing the electrocatalytic activity of hierarchically mesoporous M-Co3O4 (M = Ni, Zn, and Mn) with branched pattern for oxygen evolution reaction

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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 934, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117298

Keywords

Oxygen evolution reaction; Spinel; Metal ion doping; Hydrothermal; Hierarchically mesoporous branching pattern; Electrocatalyst

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This article presents the preparation of hierarchically nanostructured Mn, Ni, and Zn-doped Co3O4 as an electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Different methods confirmed the doping of transition metal ions, and the structural characterization showed the formation of pure phase samples without impurity. The Ni-doped Co3O4 exhibited excellent OER performance with a current density of 10 mA/cm2 at an overpotential of 380 mV in 1 M KOH and a Tafel slope of 63.19 mV/dec in alkaline media.
The large-scale production of hydrogen energy from the electrolysis of water requires earth-abundant and highly efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalysts. Cation substitution in spinel cobaltite is an efficient approach to tune electronic structure and improve their electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this article, for the first time, we have prepared hierarchically nanostructured Mn, Ni and Zn doped Co3O4 having a branching pattern via a simple hydrothermal and calcination method, and the same was used as an electrocatalyst for OER. Different methods confirmed the doping of transition metal ions. The result of structural characterization shows the formation of pure phase samples without impurity. The tetrahedral and octahedral functional groups were explained by FTIR spectroscopy, confirming the formation of a spinel structure. Ni-doped Co3O4 showed an excellent OER performance with a current density of 10 mA/cm2 at an overpotential of 380 mV in 1 M KOH and a Tafel slope of 63.19 mV/dec in alkaline media. The detailed study unveiled that the large surface area, hierarchically nanostructured branching pattern with porous structure, presence of a high amount of oxygen vacancy and the synergistic effect of Ni and Co are beneficial for increased OER activity and stability of Ni-Co3O4.

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