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Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis

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Title
Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis
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Nature Communications, September 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms12876
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Tao Ling, Dong-Yang Yan, Yan Jiao, Hui Wang, Yao Zheng, Xueli Zheng, Jing Mao, Xi-Wen Du, Zhenpeng Hu, Mietek Jaroniec, Shi-Zhang Qiao

Abstract

Engineering the surface structure at the atomic level can be used to precisely and effectively manipulate the reactivity and durability of catalysts. Here we report tuning of the atomic structure of one-dimensional single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide (CoO) nanorods by creating oxygen vacancies on pyramidal nanofacets. These CoO nanorods exhibit superior catalytic activity and durability towards oxygen reduction/evolution reactions. The combined experimental studies, microscopic and spectroscopic characterization, and density functional theory calculations reveal that the origins of the electrochemical activity of single-crystal CoO nanorods are in the oxygen vacancies that can be readily created on the oxygen-terminated {111} nanofacets, which favourably affect the electronic structure of CoO, assuring a rapid charge transfer and optimal adsorption energies for intermediates of oxygen reduction/evolution reactions. These results show that the surface atomic structure engineering is important for the fabrication of efficient and durable electrocatalysts.

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Unknown 259 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 57 22%
Student > Master 42 16%
Student > Bachelor 17 7%
Researcher 16 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 5%
Other 31 12%
Unknown 83 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 64 25%
Materials Science 46 18%
Chemical Engineering 19 7%
Engineering 10 4%
Energy 9 3%
Other 15 6%
Unknown 96 37%
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