期刊
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 2873-2882出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2018.07.017
关键词
Mesoporous; Crystal template method; Methanol; Electrocatalysts; Cobalt phosphate
资金
- National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [83-36]
A crystalline mesoporous cobalt phosphate (meso-CoPi) electrocatalyst is prepared using liquid crystal template of non-ionic surfactant of Brij (R) 78. The physicochemical investigations of the electrocatalyst executed by surface area analyzer, XRD, transmission electron microscope submits creation of a mesoporous crystalline nanostructured of meso-CoPi with a surface area of 124 m(2) g(-1). This is an 10-fold greatness superior than that for bulk-CoPi particles produced without surfactant template. The meso-CoPi electrocatalyst comprises of metallic cobalt layered with a cobalt-oxo/hydroxo-phosphate layer which facilitates the electro-oxidation of methanol at modest overpotential of < 1.2 V vs RHE in alkaline solution. The methanol oxidation activity of the meso-CoPi catalyst shows more than 20-fold current increase at 1.4 V-RHE in comparison to bulk-CoPi counterpart which due to the enhancement of the electroactive specific surface area. Liquid crystal template chemical approach provides a reproducible stage to synthesize mesoporous metal phosphates with improved electrocatalytic activities. (C) 2018 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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