Issue 83, 2016, Issue in Progress

BCN–Co3O4 hybrid – a highly efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and dye degradation

Abstract

A simple one-step procedure for the preparation of nanosheets of crystalline 2D boron carbon nitride containing cobalt oxide (Co3O4–BCN) involving glycine–nitrate combustion chemistry is reported. The as-prepared hybrid is a highly active catalyst for dye degradation, and for the water oxidation reaction as compared to pristine Co3O4. Co3O4–BCN shows enhanced catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline electrolyte. The onset potential towards the OER is 0.406 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in 1 M KOH. A current density of 10 mA cm−2 has been achieved at an overpotential of 394 mV in 1 M KOH. The as-prepared hybrid exhibits highly-efficient degradation ability for methyl orange and methyl blue dyes under direct sunlight irradiation.

Graphical abstract: BCN–Co3O4 hybrid – a highly efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and dye degradation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Jun 2016
Accepted
08 Aug 2016
First published
15 Aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 79448-79451

BCN–Co3O4 hybrid – a highly efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and dye degradation

T. Balakrishnan, M. Anis, S. Arun, M. Kumar, S. Arun kumar and S. Mayavan, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 79448 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA16058A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements