Issue 42, 2023

Tuning of cationic distribution in “partially inversed” cobalt ferrite spinel nanocubes via a nitrogen-doped graphene oxide support for enhanced bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

Abstract

A strategy to improve the bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic activity of cobalt ferrite spinel (CoFe2O4) nanocubes by a N-doped graphene oxide (NGO) support induced redistribution of cations at octahedral versus tetrahedral sites is presented. Moreover, a cost-effective and simple hydrothermal synthesis of CoFe2O4/NGO using an ammonia and hydrazine hydrate mixture as a nitrogen dopant cum reducing agent is reported. For the ORR, CoFe2O4/NGO shows a shift of the peak position by 230 mV to lower overpotential compared to bare CoFe2O4. Importantly, the overall oxygen electrocatalytic activity of CoFe2O4/NGO defined in terms of ΔE, the potential gap between E1/2 for the ORR and the potential where the OER reaches 10 mA cm−2, is the lowest to be reported for Co–Fe oxide-based catalysts. Raman, XPS, EXAFS, and XANES analyses of CoFe2O4/NGO reveal that N-doping induces defects in the GO-support, which alter not only the relative distribution of cations at octahedral and tetrahedral sites but also the electronic structure of the redox active building block, Co–O, leading to enhanced bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis.

Graphical abstract: Tuning of cationic distribution in “partially inversed” cobalt ferrite spinel nanocubes via a nitrogen-doped graphene oxide support for enhanced bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jun 2023
Accepted
08 Sep 2023
First published
11 Sep 2023

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 23034-23047

Tuning of cationic distribution in “partially inversed” cobalt ferrite spinel nanocubes via a nitrogen-doped graphene oxide support for enhanced bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

S. Jha, P. Jain, R. Palkovits and P. Popinand Ingole, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 23034 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA03486K

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