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Co/C nanomaterial derived from Co metal–organic framework for oxygen evolution reaction

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The precursor of Co metal organic framework (MOF) was first synthesized by hydrothermal method; then, the optimal Co-MOF was pyrolyzed in a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain the derivative (Co/C). The as-prepared materials were finally applied to water splitting to investigate their oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. A series of electrochemical tests such as linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) show that Co/C (700 °C) exhibits lowest overpotential (420 mV) and charge transfer resistance (Rct = 5.25 Ω), smallest Tafel slope (119 mV dec−1) as compared to other relevant materials. After the cyclic life test of 10,000 s, the current density of Co/C (700 °C) remained at 94.88%. In addition, the comparison of the OER performance between Co/C (700 °C) with other reported cobalt-based materials illustrates that Co/C (700 °C) has lower overpotential, and its Tafel slope is also comparable with these reported cobalt-based materials. Therefore, Co/C (700 °C) has broad application prospect in oxygen-evolution reaction.

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Scheme 1 Fabrication Co/C derived from Co-MOF and brief schematic of OER.

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This work was supported by Changzhou Science and Technology Support Plan (Social Development, CE20205052) (Jiangsu Province, China).

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    Xiabing Hu, Haoye Wang, Songya Qi, Zilong Su, Jiajun Wang, Kaixuan Chen, Shuji Li, Xuan Huang, Shiping Luo & Aijuan Xie

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Hu, X., Wang, H., Qi, S. et al. Co/C nanomaterial derived from Co metal–organic framework for oxygen evolution reaction. Ionics 28, 813–821 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04376-4

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