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Development of sandwich-structured cobalt porphyrin/niobium molybdate nanosheets catalyst for oxygen reduction

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In this work, the negatively charged [NbMoO6]− nanosheets (NSs) were combined with positively charged [5,10,15,20-tetrakis (N-methylpyridinium-4-yl) porphyrinato cobalt] (CoTMPyP) to fabricate a sandwich-like CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs intercalated material by a direct self-assembling process. The results confirmed that CoTMPyP cations formed an inclined monolayer between [NbMoO6]− NSs and the inclined angle was about 68°. The electrochemical properties of CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs composite were also investigated by cyclic voltammetry and liner sweep voltammetry, which showed the enhanced electron transferred ability. The CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs modified electrode displayed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction with the reduction peak potential shifting from −0.681 to −0.235 V. And oxygen could be reduced to generate hydrogen peroxide with a two-electron process in neutral electrolytes. Moreover, the reduction peak current was linear relationship with the square root of scan rates, implying that the catalytic reaction depended on oxygen diffusion.

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This work was supported by Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK20161294), HHIT Research Project (Z2015011), Lianyungang Science Project (CG1602) and University Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province (15KJB430004).

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Wang, M., Liu, Y., Zhang, X. et al. Development of sandwich-structured cobalt porphyrin/niobium molybdate nanosheets catalyst for oxygen reduction. Journal of Materials Research 33, 4199–4206 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.394

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