Hard-templated preparation of mesoporous cobalt phosphide as an oxygen evolution electrocatalyst
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Mei, Peng
Yamauchi, Yusuke
Pramanik, Malay
Fatehmulla, Amanullah
Adhafiri, Abdullah M
Farooq, W Aslam
Bando, Yoshio
Shiddiky, Muhammad JA
Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino
Lin, Jianjian
Kim, Yena
Griffith University Author(s)
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2019
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Herein, we examine the application of mesoporous cobalt phosphide (meso-CoP) prepared by a hard-templating method as a novel non-precious electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The obtained meso-CoP exhibits a relatively low overpotential (0.30 V at 10 mA cm−2), a decent Tafel slope (81 mV dec−1), and good long-term stability, performing better than its bulk counterpart and many state-of-the-art Co-based OER electrocatalysts. The high electrocatalytic performance of the meso-CoP toward OER is attributed to two key factors: (1) a large accessible active surface which endows the meso-CoP with numerous active ...
View more >Herein, we examine the application of mesoporous cobalt phosphide (meso-CoP) prepared by a hard-templating method as a novel non-precious electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The obtained meso-CoP exhibits a relatively low overpotential (0.30 V at 10 mA cm−2), a decent Tafel slope (81 mV dec−1), and good long-term stability, performing better than its bulk counterpart and many state-of-the-art Co-based OER electrocatalysts. The high electrocatalytic performance of the meso-CoP toward OER is attributed to two key factors: (1) a large accessible active surface which endows the meso-CoP with numerous active sites for water oxidation; (2) a well-organized mesoporous structure which expedites the electron/ion transfer and mass transport, thereby significantly enhancing the OER kinetics. This work will provide guidance for designing inexpensive high-performance electrocatalysts with exquisite mesostructures for potential applications in commercial water-splitting technology.
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View more >Herein, we examine the application of mesoporous cobalt phosphide (meso-CoP) prepared by a hard-templating method as a novel non-precious electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The obtained meso-CoP exhibits a relatively low overpotential (0.30 V at 10 mA cm−2), a decent Tafel slope (81 mV dec−1), and good long-term stability, performing better than its bulk counterpart and many state-of-the-art Co-based OER electrocatalysts. The high electrocatalytic performance of the meso-CoP toward OER is attributed to two key factors: (1) a large accessible active surface which endows the meso-CoP with numerous active sites for water oxidation; (2) a well-organized mesoporous structure which expedites the electron/ion transfer and mass transport, thereby significantly enhancing the OER kinetics. This work will provide guidance for designing inexpensive high-performance electrocatalysts with exquisite mesostructures for potential applications in commercial water-splitting technology.
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Electrochemistry Communications
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104
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© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Electrochemistry
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