期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 754, 期 -, 页码 72-77出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.207
关键词
alpha-CO(OH)(2) hollow sphere; CO3O4 mesoporous nanosheet subunit; Polyol-mediated solvothermal reaction; PVP-assisted self-assembly method; Topotactic chemical transformation; Oxygen evolution reaction
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51472271, 61376018, 51174233]
- Project of Innovation-driven Plan in Central South University [2016CX002]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2013CB932901]
Hollow spheres assembled by alpha-Co(OH)(2) nanosheets were firstly synthesized through a templated self-assembly solvothermal method, where rationally involved polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is acting as molecular template for nanocrystal geometrical manipulation and ethylene glycol (EG) is acting as both solvent and precipitant for metal cation coordination; followed by subsequent calcinations, mesoporous CO3O4 nanostructures were then topotactic transformed from the primary alpha-Co(OH)(2) by preserving their original frameworks. Such monodisperse hierarchical structure, distributed in diameter of around 2.76 -4.22 mu m, is constructed orderly with several well-aligned nanosheet subunits in a high degree of orientation and separation; moreover, the shell thickness and the void space can be adjusted by changing the concentration of the PVP surfactant. When applying as electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the obtained CO3O4 delivered a low onset potential (e.g., around 1.438-1.481 V vs RHE) with a low overpotential (e.g., around 290-310 mV at 10 mAcm(-2)) and relatively small Tafel slopes (e.g., around 86 -97 mV dec(-1)) as well as long-term durability (e.g., up to 99.15% after 10 h) in an alkaline electrolyte. These fine catalytic activities can be attributed to the hierarchical structure with high specific surface area, ordered multilevel pores and void space, which facilitate the electrolyte accessibility and provide more active sites for redox reaction. Therefore, with the presented method, it would be promising for the synthesis of other transition metal oxides/hydroxides with such unique structure towards energy conversion and storage applications. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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