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One-Step Synthesis of Co3O4 Thin Film by Reactive Spray Deposition Technology for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2018

Yang Wang ,
Junkai He  and
Radenka Maric
Yang Wang*
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT06269, USA
Junkai He
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT06269, USA
Radenka Maric
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT06269, USA
*
†(Email: yang.2.wang@uconn.edu)
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Abstract

Efficient catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are widely applied in fuel cells and rechargeable lithium air batteries. It is desirable but challenging to achieve comparable activity to that of the noble-metal catalyst with non-precious metal catalyst. Highly active Co3O4 thin film electrodes have been successfully synthesized by a rapid one-step flame combustion synthesis method called Reactive Spray Deposition Technology. X-ray diffraction confirms the absence of any impurity phase with this synthesis process. The detailed morphology of the Co3O4 thin film is investigated with scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Cyclic voltammetry is used to investigate the redox activity of Co3+ to Co4+ which is crucial for the OER performance. The as-prepared Co3O4 catalyst demonstrates promising activity for OER, with an overpotential of 399 mV (at 10 mA cm-2) for OER.

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flame synthesiscatalyticthin film
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MRS Advances , Volume 3 , Issue 4: Nanomaterials , 2018 , pp. 185 - 189
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