Citation: Hu Libing, Yu Feng, Yuan Huifang, Wang Gang, Liu Mincong, Wang Lina, Xue Xueyan, Peng Banghua, Tian Zhiqun, Dai Bin. Improved oxygen reduction reaction via a partially oxidized Co-CoO catalyst on N-doped carbon synthesized by a facile sand-bath method[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2019, 30(3): 624-629. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.10.039 shu

Improved oxygen reduction reaction via a partially oxidized Co-CoO catalyst on N-doped carbon synthesized by a facile sand-bath method

Hu Libing ^a ,
Yu Feng ^a,*, ,
Yuan Huifang ^a ,
Wang Gang ^a,b,c ,
Liu Mincong ^a ,
Wang Lina ^a ,
Xue Xueyan ^a ,
Peng Banghua ^a ,
Tian Zhiqun ^d,*, ,
Dai Bin ^a,*,

a.
Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xijiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engeering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xijiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi 832003, China
c.
Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Shihezi 832003, China
d.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Renewable Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

yufeng05@mail.ipc.ac.cn

tianzhiqun@gxu.eud.cn

db_tea@shzu.edu.cn

Received Date: 6 August 2018
Revised Date: 25 October 2018
Accepted Date: 31 October 2018
Available Online: 2 March 2018

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High active and durable non-noble metal electrocatalysts are urgently developed to satisfy the high performance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). We successfully synthesized Co-CoO_x anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon via a facile sand-bath method (SBM), i.e., Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM). The as-obtained Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM) exhibited overwhelming superiorities to Co-CoO/N-C prepared by conventional heat treatment (CHT), particularly in electrochemical performance of ORR. Although Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM) showed smaller specific surface area of 276.8 m²/g than that of 939.5 m²/g from Co-CoO/N-C (CHT), the Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM) performed larger pore diameter and more Co₃O₄ active component resulting in better ORR performance in 0.1 mol/L KOH solution. The Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM) delivered onset potential of 0.91 V vs. RHE, mid-wave potential of 0.85 V vs. RHE and limited current density of 5.46 mA/cm² much better than those of the Co-CoO/N-C (CHT). Furthermore, Co-CoO_x/N-C (SBM) showed greater stability and better methanol tolerance superior to the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Fuel cell,
- Electrocatalyst,
- Cobalt oxide,
- Energy conversion
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