期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
卷 316, 期 -, 页码 225-231出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.073
关键词
Co(OH)(2); Nanosheets; Oxygen evolution reaction
资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB922102]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21471076, 51172106]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Electrochemical water splitting is one of the most promising approaches to meet the requirement to develop highly efficient and accessible systems for renewable energy conversion and storage. Herein, we report the synthesis of two-dimensional Co(OH)(2) nanosheets with different thicknesses and explore the thickness effect of the nanosheets on oxygen evolution reaction (OER). It is demonstrated that the OER performances can be greatly enhanced with the decrease of Co(OH)(2) nanosheets' thickness, which would relate to the increasing active sites for reaction due to the ultrathin nature of the nanosheets. The ultrathin Co(OH)(2) nanosheets with a thickness of about 4.0 nm exhibit excellent OER performances with a low onset potential, a low overpotential of 327 mV and a small Tafel slope of 78 mV per decade in alkaline media, which are even better than those of commercial IrO2. Our findings may point out the direction of developing ultrathin Co-based nanosheets as a promising substitution for high-cost commercial IrO2 for electrochemical water splitting. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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