Nanosheets Co3O4 Interleaved with Graphene for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

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Odedairo, Taiwo
Yan, Xuecheng
Ma, Jun
Jiao, Yalong
Yao, Xiangdong
Du, Aijun
Zhu, Zhonghua
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2015
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Efficient yet inexpensive electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are an essential component of renewable energy devices, such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. We herein interleaved novel Co3O4 nanosheets with graphene to develop a first ever sheet-on-sheet heterostructured electrocatalyst for ORR, whose electrocatalytic activity outperformed the state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C with exceptional durability in alkaline solution. The composite demonstrates the highest activity of all the nonprecious metal electrocatalysts, such as those derived from Co3O4 nanoparticle/nitrogen-doped graphene hybrids and carbon nanotube/nanoparticle composites. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicated that the outstanding performance originated from the significant charge transfer from graphene to Co3O4 nanosheets promoting the electron transport through the whole structure. Theoretical calculations revealed that the enhanced stability can be ascribed to the strong interaction generated between both types of sheets.

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ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

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7

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38

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Chemical sciences

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Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified

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