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Reduction-induced surface amorphization enhances the oxygen evolution activity in Co3O4†

Xue Leng,a   Qingcong Zeng,a   Kuang-Hsu Wu,a   Ian R. Gentlea  and  Da-Wei Wang*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

b School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
E-mail: da-wei.wang@unsw.edu.au

Abstract

Modifying crystalline Co3O4 by thermal H2 annealing and air exposure produced an amorphous surface layer consisting of mixed hydrated cobalt hydroxide/carbonate species and remarkably enhanced the oxygen evolution activity.

Graphical abstract: Reduction-induced surface amorphization enhances the oxygen evolution activity in Co3O4

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA00995B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jan 2015
Accepted
13 Mar 2015
First published
13 Mar 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 27823-27828

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Reduction-induced surface amorphization enhances the oxygen evolution activity in Co3O4

X. Leng, Q. Zeng, K. Wu, I. R. Gentle and D. Wang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 27823 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA00995B

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