Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄-CoₓOy nanoparticles
Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) were produced at low temperature and ambient atmosphere using a one-pot two-step synthesis protocol involving the cation exchange of Mn by Co in preformed Mn₃O₄ NPs. Selecting the proper cobalt precursor, the nucleation of CoₓOy crystallites at the Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄ sur...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:195654 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/195654 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1021/acsami.6b02786 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cation exchange Cobalt oxide Colloidal Electrocatalysis Manganese oxide Nanoparticle OER ORR |
| Sumario: | Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) were produced at low temperature and ambient atmosphere using a one-pot two-step synthesis protocol involving the cation exchange of Mn by Co in preformed Mn₃O₄ NPs. Selecting the proper cobalt precursor, the nucleation of CoₓOy crystallites at the Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄ surface could be simultaneously promoted to form Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄-CoₓOy NPs. Such heterostructured NPs were investigated for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR, OER) in alkaline solution. Mn₃O₄@CoMn₂O₄-CoₓOy NPs with [Co]/[Mn] = 1 showed low overpotentials of 0.31 V at -3 mA·cm-2 and a small Tafel slope of 52 mV·dec-1 for ORR, and overpotentials of 0.31 V at 10 mA·cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 81 mV·dec-1 for OER, thus outperforming commercial Pt-, IrO2-based and previously reported transition metal oxides. This cation-exchange-based synthesis protocol opens up a new approach to design novel heterostructured NPs as efficient nonprecious metal bifunctional oxygen catalysts. |
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