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Synergistically enhanced electrocatalytic activity of cerium oxide/manganese tungstate composite for oxygen reduction reaction

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Noble metal-free and earth abundant metals were considered as promising candidates for the development of electrocatalysts towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to achieve large-scale practical applications for metal air batteries and fuel cells. Significant problems remain in the synthesis of low-cost electrocatalysts using a simple and scalable technique. Numerous materials are designed to improve the ORR performance. Due to the oxygen storage and releasing capacity as well as the flexible transformation between Ce3+ and 4+, the CeO2 based catalyst plays an essential role in ORR. Thus, in the present work, we synthesized CeO2/MnWO4 via a two-step synthesis route for ORR. The CeO2/MnWO4-2 composite exhibits superior catalytic activity towards ORR than CeO2, CeO2/MnWO4-1 and CeO2/MnWO4-3. The enhanced ORR performance was attributed to the synergistic interaction between CeO2 and MnWO4. Also, this work highlights the boosted performance of CeO2-based materials by interface tuning, and it could pave the way for the development of efficient noble metal free electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, SPARC Grant No. SPARC/2018-2019/P1122/SL and Department of Science and Technology-DST/TMD/MES/2k17/27 India and support from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur in carrying out this research work.

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Sridharan, M., Maiyalagan, T. Synergistically enhanced electrocatalytic activity of cerium oxide/manganese tungstate composite for oxygen reduction reaction. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 9538–9548 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07505-x

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