A high-performance electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reactions based on electrochemical post-treatment of ultrathin carbon layer coated cobalt nanoparticles

Qingqing Xiao, Yuxia Zhang, Xin Guo, Lin Jing, Zhiyu Yang, Yifei Xue, Yi Ming Yan*, Kening Sun

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Abstract

Electrochemical post-treatment of ultrathin carbon layer coated cobalt nanoparticles generates a novel electrocatalyst, affording a small overpotential of 333 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 and a small Tafel slope of ∼58 mV per decade.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13019-13022
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number86
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2014

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