Electrochemically Exfoliated β-Co(OH)2 Nanostructures for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

Naduvile Purayil Dileep; Thazhe Veettil Vineesh; Prasad V. Sarma; Muhsin V. Chalil; Ciril Samuel Prasad; M. M. Shaijumon

doi:10.1021/acsaem.9b01901

Electrochemically Exfoliated β-Co(OH)₂ Nanostructures for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

Naduvile Purayil Dileep, Thazhe Veettil Vineesh, Prasad V. Sarma, Muhsin V. Chalil, Ciril Samuel Prasad, M. M. Shaijumon

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram

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Abstract

Exploring highly efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important for the development of renewable energy conversion and storage systems. Layered metal hydroxides have been studied with great interest owing to their high electrochemical activity and stability toward OER. Herein, we demonstrate an efficient approach to engineer the surface active sites in β-Co(OH)₂ for enhanced electrocatalysis of OER. We employ a single-step bipolar electrochemical technique for the exfoliation of pristine β-Co(OH)₂(Co(OH)₂-Bulk) into thinner and smaller sheets. The as-synthesized Co(OH)₂ nanostructures with improved active sites exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward OER with a very low overpotential of 390 mV at 10 mA cm^-2 and a Tafel slope of 57 mV dec^-1 in alkaline media. The results provide a promising lead for the development of efficient and economically viable electrode materials for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1461-1467
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01901
State	Published - 24 Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.

Funding

N.P.D. is grateful to CSIR, Government of India, for the financial assistance. M.M.S. acknowledges financial support from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (EMR/2017/000484) and Department of Science & Technology (DST/TMD/HFC/2k18/136), Government of India.

Funders	Funder number
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India	DST/TMD/HFC/2k18/136
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Science and Engineering Research Board	EMR/2017/000484

Keywords

Co(OH)
electrocatalysis
electrochemical synthesis
exfoliation
oxygen evolution reaction

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