Co3O4 supported on N, P-doped carbon as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62462-2

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Noble metals, such as platinum, ruthenium and iridium-group metals, are often used as oxygen reduction or evolution reaction (ORR/OER) electrocatalysts. To reduce the cost and provide an application of bifunctional catalysis, in this work, cobalt oxide supported on nitrogen and phosphorus co-doped carbon (Co₃O₄/NPC) was fabricated and examined as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for OER and ORR. To prepare Co₃O₄/NPC, NPC was pyrolyzed from melamine and phytic acid supported on carbon, followed by the solvothermal synthesis of Co₃O₄ on NPC. Linear sweep voltammetry was used to evaluate the activity for OER and ORR. For OER, Co₃O₄/NPC showed an onset potential of 0.54 V (versus the saturated calomel electrode) and a current density of 21.95 mA/cm² at 0.80 V, which was better than both Co₃O₄/C and NPC. The high activity of Co₃O₄/NPC was attributed to a synergistic effect of the N, P co-dopants and Co₃O₄. For ORR, Co₃O₄/NPC exhibited an activity close to commercial Pt/C in terms of the diffusion limited current density (-4.49 vs -4.76 mA/cm² at -0.80 V), and Co₃O₄ played the key role for the catalysis. Chronoamperometry (current versus time) was used to evaluate the stability, which showed that Co₃O₄/NPC maintained 46% current after the chronoamperometry test for OER and 95% current for ORR. Overall, Co₃O₄/NPC exhibited high activity and improved stability for both OER and ORR.

Key words: Cathode catalyst, Oxygen reduction reaction, Oxygen evolution reaction, Doped carbon, Cobalt

Yingbin Huang, Min Zhang, Peng Liu, Faliang Cheng, Lishi Wang. Co₃O₄ supported on N, P-doped carbon as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 37(8): 1249-1256.

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