Black Phosphorus-Modified Co3O4 through Tuning the Electronic Structure for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Spinel Co3O4, consisting of two mixed valence states, Co2+ and Co3+, has attracted enormous interest as a promising electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Proper control on the relative proportion of Co2+/Co3+ in cobalt oxide can greatly tune the electronic structure and further optimize its catalytic performance. Herein, a hybrid coupling Co3O4 with black phosphorus (Co3O4BP) is designed as an efficient catalyst for OER. Electron migration from BP to Co3O4 is achieved in Co3O4@BP, owing to the higher Fermi level of BP than that of Co3O4. Efficient electron transfer can not only create massive active sites with abundant Co2+ but also remarkably suppress the deterioration of BP. Particularly, the Co3O4@BP catalyst outperforms the pristine Co3O4 by over four times and is even 20 times higher than that of bare BP at a potential of 1.65 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode. Our finding provides insightful understanding for electronic engineering in Co3O4@BP by balancing advantages and utilizing drawbacks of Co3O4 and BP.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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ACS applied materials & interfaces - 11(2019), 19 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 17459-17466

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Fangbing [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Keke [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiyang [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Shouhua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Black phosphorus
Co3O4
Engineering electronic structure
Hybrids
Journal Article
Oxygen evolution reaction

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.9b04078

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NLM296411957