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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 363, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137230
Keywords
Cobalt oxide; Rare-earth metal; Lanthanum doping; Hydrogen evolution reaction; XRD Refinement
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21706010]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK20161200]
- Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University [ACGM2016-0602, ACGM2016-06-03]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
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In order to reduce the energy consumption of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), a series of lanthanum-doped cobalt oxide (x%La-Co3O4-T, where x% represents the La doping molar ratio and T represents the annealing temperature) electrocatalysts are successfully synthesized by a co-precipitation process, followed by annealing in air. Through X-ray diffraction (XRD) refinements, La3+ is doped into Co3O4 lattice, which decreases the crystallinity of Co3O4. It inhibits the aggregation and growth of Co3O4 grains. 2%La-Co3O4-350 is the optimized sample to show the lowest overpotential of 98 mV at 10 mA cm(-2 )with the corresponding Tafel slope of 72.8 mV dec(-1) in 1 M KOH. Although La is an inactive rare-earth metal element for HER, it enhances the HER activity of Co3O4 efficiently. From further studies, the high HER catalytic activity of 2%La-Co3O4-350 can be owing to three aspects: (i) The highly dispersed and small-size Co3O4 nanoparticles caused by La doping own high specific surface area and electrochemically active surface area (ECSA), which benefits exposing more Co3+ active sites to electrolyte. (ii) La dopants make 2%La-Co3O4-350 own more oxygen vacancies that facilitating the water dissociation step of HER. (iii) La doping leads to improved conductivity and charge transfer efficiency of 2%La-Co3O4-350 during HER. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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