Low temperature aqueous synthesis of highly dispersed Co3O4 nanocubes and their electrocatalytic activity studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 428-434

  Li, Yunling ^a,b,c   Zhao, Jingzhe ^a   Dan, Yuanyuan ^b   Ma, Dechong ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a,b   Hou, Shengnan ^a   Lin, Haibo ^b   Wang, Zichen ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous solution; Co3O4 nanocubes; Dispersibility; Electrocatalytic materials

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PRECIPITATION METHODS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; COST PRODUCTION; DISPERSIBILITIES; DISTILLED WATER; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FACILE METHOD; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER YIELD; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-SIZED; NANOCUBES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; REACTION TIME; SIMPLE APPROACH; SPINEL STRUCTURE; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; TEM; UNIFORM SIZE;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; LEAD OXIDE; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 78650310343     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.080     Document Type: Article

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