The design and preparation of highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is essential due to their applications in many green energy conve...The design and preparation of highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is essential due to their applications in many green energy conversion devices,such as fuel cells and rechargeable metal–air batteries.Herein,we report a Co/Co9S8 composite catalyst,which is coupled with reduced graphene oxide(rGO)and multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs)via a combined hydrothermal reaction with a calcination method.Benefiting from the unique porous scaffold structures and synergistic interactions between rGO/MWCNT and Co/Co9S8,the electrocatalyst(Co/Co9S8/rGO/MWCNT-800)exhibits high electrochemical activity for the ORR,showing a four-electron oxygen reduction pathway with an onset potential of 0.946 V(vs.RHE)in alkaline medium.Meanwhile,the electrocatalyst shows high electrochemical stability,excellent selectivity and methanol tolerance over the commercial Pt/C.It also exhibits good overall oxygen electrode activity(ΔE=EOER,10−EORR,1/2 of 890 mV).The present work highlights a potential general strategy for developing carbon-based transition metal sulfide nanocomposites as cathodes with better performance in the ORR/OER.展开更多
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21673098 and No.21871042)the Joint Program of Jilin Province and Jilin University(SXGJQY2017-1)the Jilin Provincial Science&Technology Department(20190303039SF).
文摘The design and preparation of highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is essential due to their applications in many green energy conversion devices,such as fuel cells and rechargeable metal–air batteries.Herein,we report a Co/Co9S8 composite catalyst,which is coupled with reduced graphene oxide(rGO)and multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs)via a combined hydrothermal reaction with a calcination method.Benefiting from the unique porous scaffold structures and synergistic interactions between rGO/MWCNT and Co/Co9S8,the electrocatalyst(Co/Co9S8/rGO/MWCNT-800)exhibits high electrochemical activity for the ORR,showing a four-electron oxygen reduction pathway with an onset potential of 0.946 V(vs.RHE)in alkaline medium.Meanwhile,the electrocatalyst shows high electrochemical stability,excellent selectivity and methanol tolerance over the commercial Pt/C.It also exhibits good overall oxygen electrode activity(ΔE=EOER,10−EORR,1/2 of 890 mV).The present work highlights a potential general strategy for developing carbon-based transition metal sulfide nanocomposites as cathodes with better performance in the ORR/OER.
