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Synergistic electrocatalytic activity of a spinel ZnCo2O4/reduced graphene oxide hybrid towards oxygen reduction reaction

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The non-precious metal catalysts and their hybrids have drawn a substantial attention towards the energy conversion and storage application. In this report, we have demonstrated the electrocatalytic activity of a hybrid comprising of ZnCo2O4 (ZCO) spheres and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) in an alkaline medium consisting of 0.1 M KOH solution which showed an onset potential of −0.02 V vs. Ag/AgCl and reduction peak at −0.22 V vs. Ag/AgCl, depicting its impressive catalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and thus having the potential to be used as a high-performance cathode catalyst in a typical fuel cell.

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AKS acknowledges CSIR for fellowship. Dr. B. K. Jena acknowledges funding support from MNRE, New Delhi, India (No. 102/87/2011-NT); BRNS, Mumbai, India (No. 2013/37P/67/BRNS); and CSIR, New Delhi, India (Young Scientist Award Project—YSP-2/2013, P-81-113). Dr. C.S. Rout thanks DST (Government of India) for the Ramanujan Fellowship. This work was supported by DST-SERB (Grant Nos. SR/S2/RJN 21/2012, SB/FTP/PS-065/2013) and UGC-UKIERI (Grant No. 2013-14/005).

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      Satyajit Ratha & Chandra Sekhar Rout

    2. CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751013, Odisha, India

      Aneeya K. Samantara & Bikash Kumar Jena

    3. Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, New Delhi, 110001, India

      Aneeya K. Samantara & Bikash Kumar Jena

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    Ratha, S., Samantara, A.K., Rout, C.S. et al. Synergistic electrocatalytic activity of a spinel ZnCo2O4/reduced graphene oxide hybrid towards oxygen reduction reaction. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 285–291 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-3035-0

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