Facile Synthesis of Carbon Cloth Supported Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide Hydrate Nanoarrays for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

ABSTRACT: Developing efficient and low-cost replacements for noble metals as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) remain a great challenge. Herein, we report a needle-like cobalt carbonate hydroxide hydrate (Co(CO₃)_0.5OH·0.11H₂O) nanoarrays, which in situ grown on the surface of carbon cloth through a facile one-step hydrothermal method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterizations demonstrate that the Co(CO₃)_0.5OH nanoarrays with high porosity is composed of numerous one-dimensional (1D) nanoneedles. Owing to unique needle-like array structure and abundant exposed active sites, the Co(CO₃)_0.5OH@CC only requires 317 mV of overpotential to reach a current density of 10 mA cm^-2, which is much lower than those of Co(OH)₂@CC (378 mV), CoCO₃@CC (465 mV) and RuO₂@CC (380 mV). For the stability, there is no significant attenuation of current density after continuous operation 27 h. This work paves a facile way to the design and construction of electrocatalysts for the OER.

SUBMITTER: Yan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429493 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature