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In situ-grown Co3O4 nanorods on carbon cloth for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of urea

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Co3O4 nanorods were successfully synthesized by a facile two-step method and showed outstanding electrochemical performances in KOH and urea electrolyte. The Co3O4 nanorods showed high purity phase and covered the surface of carbon cloth. As the electrode materials for hydrogen generation, it only required the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) overpotential of 0.46 V to deliver the current density of 40 mA/cm2 for HER and urea oxidation reaction potential (UOR vs RHE) of 1.62 V at 10 mA/cm2. Remarkably, the assembled electrolyzer with Co3O4/CC and Pt foil as two electrodes demonstrated low potentials and a stable long cycle life. Therefore, the study displays a promising direction to explore the practical and effective ways for hydrogen production by overall urea electrolysis.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51701022), the Natural Science Foundation of Hu’nan Province (Grant No. 2018JJ3528, 2021JJ30708), Foundation of Hu’nan Educational Committee (18A149), Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation project of Hu’nan Province (CX20200903), the International Collaboration Program, CSUST, No. 2018IC28) and the Creative Program from College of Materials Science and Engineering, CSUST.

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    Shidong Li, Jincheng Fan, Songyang Li, Hongguang Jin & Zisheng Chao

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China

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Li, S., Fan, J., Li, S. et al. In situ-grown Co3O4 nanorods on carbon cloth for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of urea. J Nanostruct Chem 11, 735–749 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-021-00441-6

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