Ni- and Mn-Promoted Mesoporous Co3O4: A Stable Bifunctional Catalyst with Surface-Structure-Dependent Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 32, 2016, Pages 20802-20813

  Song, Wenqiao ^a   Ren, Zheng ^a   Chen, Sheng Yu ^a   Meng, Yongtao ^a   Biswas, Sourav ^a   Nandi, Partha ^b   Elsen, Heather A ^b   Gao, Pu Xian ^a   Suib, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalt oxide; mesoporous; oxygen evolution reaction; oxygen reduction reaction; surface structure

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MANGANESE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METALS; NICKEL; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; REDOX REACTIONS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COBALT OXIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN REDUCTION; MESOPOROUS; NON-PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION (PXRD);

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84983554828     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06103     Document Type: Article

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