Low-temperature synthesis of ultrasmall spinel MnxCo3-xO4 nanoparticles for efficient oxygen reduction

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63624-5

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Abstract: Spinel-type manganese-cobalt oxides have been regarded as important class of electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, they are usually synthesized through oxidation-precipitation under aqueous ammonia and then crystallization at high temperature (150-180 ℃), which not only increases the energy consumption but also induces the growth of particles that is unfavorable for ORR. Herein, through a facile precipitation-dehydration method, ultrasmall spinel manganese-cobalt oxide nanoparticles (~5 nm) homogeneously dispersed on conductive carbon black (Mn_xCo_3-xO₄/C) were fabricated at low temperature (60 ℃). And the bimetallic composite oxide (Mn_1.5Co_1.5O₄/C) with cubic spinel structure and high Mn content exhibits remarkable enhancement of ORR activity and stability compared with single metal oxide (both Mn₃O₄/C and Co₃O₄/C). The essential reason for the enhancement of activity can be attributed to the presence of the mixed Mn³⁺ and Mn⁴⁺ cations in Mn_1.5Co_1.5O₄/C. Moreover, the ORR activity of Mn_1.5Co_1.5O₄/C is comparable to that of commercial 20 wt% Pt/C, and the relative current density only decreases 1.4% after 12 h test, exceeding that of Pt/C and most reported manganese-cobalt oxide electrocatalysts.

Key words: Oxygen reduction reaction, Spinel Mn_1.5Co_1.5O₄, Low-temperature, Precipitation-dehydration method, Ultrasmall nanoparticle

Chengxiang Shi, Sana Ullah, Ke Li, Wei Wang, Rongrong Zhang, Lun Pan, Xiangwen Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou. Low-temperature synthesis of ultrasmall spinel Mn_xCo_3-xO₄ nanoparticles for efficient oxygen reduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 41(12): 1818-1825.

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Low-temperature synthesis of ultrasmall spinel Mn_xCo_3-xO₄ nanoparticles for efficient oxygen reduction

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