• 文献标题:   Strong-Coupled Cobalt Borate Nanosheets/Graphene Hybrid as Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation Under Both Alkaline and Neutral Conditions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN PZ, XU K, ZHOU TP, TONG Y, WU JC, CHENG H, LU XL, DING H, WU CZ, XIE Y
  • 作者关键词:   amorphous material, cobaltborate, hybrid, nanosheet, oxygen evolution reaction
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   195
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.201511032
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Developing highly active catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of paramount importance for designing various renewable energy storage and conversion devices. Herein, we report the synthesis of a category of Co-Pi analogue, namely cobalt-based borate (Co-Bi) ultrathin nanosheets/ graphene hybrid by a room-temperature synthesis approach. Benefiting from the high surface active sites exposure yield, enhanced electron transfer capacity, and strong synergetic coupled effect, this Co-Bi NS/G hybrid shows high catalytic activity with current density of 10 mAcm -2 at overpotential of 290 mV and Tafel slope of 53 mVdec -1 in alkaline medium. Moreover, Co-Bi NS/G electrocatalysts also exhibit promising performance under neutral conditions, with a low onset potential of 235 mV and high current density of 14.4 mAcm -2 at 1.8 V, which is the best OER performance among well-developed Co-based OER electrocatalysts to date. Our finding paves a way to develop highly active OER electrocatalysts.