ChemElectroChem
ChemElectroChem
3 years ago

Oxygen-Deficient Three-Dimensional Porous Co3O4 Nanowires as an Electrode Material for Water Oxidation and Energy Storage

Oxygen-Deficient Three-Dimensional Porous Co3O4 Nanowires as an Electrode Material for Water Oxidation and Energy Storage
Yexiang Tong, Xiaolei Fan, Muhammad-Sadeeq Balogun, Yongchao Huang
Energy storage and conversion have become two of the most promising aspects of study, and both fields share a common approach in the search for new and advanced materials to store/convert energy and catalyze electrochemical reactions. Owing to their environmental friendliness, transition-metal oxides have been widely applied as electrode materials for energy systems. However, the application of these metal oxides, in one way or another, tends to suffer from several disadvantages, which urge many researchers to concentrate on improving the performance of the metal oxides so as to meet the demand of different applications. Herein, oxygen vacancies were introduced into 3D Co3O4 nanowires and utilized as suitable electrodes for water oxidation and lithium-ion batteries. Vacant expression: Oxygen deficient 3D porous Co3O4 nanowires are prepared through NaBH4-treatment of pristine 3D Co3O4. Owing to the enhanced conductivity, as a result of the oxygen deficiency, the oxygen-deficient 3D porous Co3O4 nanowires display superior lithium storage performance compared to the pristine one.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700607

You might also like
Discover & Discuss Important Research

Keeping up-to-date with research can feel impossible, with papers being published faster than you'll ever be able to read them. That's where Researcher comes in: we're simplifying discovery and making important discussions happen. With over 19,000 sources, including peer-reviewed journals, preprints, blogs, universities, podcasts and Live events across 10 research areas, you'll never miss what's important to you. It's like social media, but better. Oh, and we should mention - it's free.

  • Download from Google Play
  • Download from App Store
  • Download from AppInChina

Researcher displays publicly available abstracts and doesn’t host any full article content. If the content is open access, we will direct clicks from the abstracts to the publisher website and display the PDF copy on our platform. Clicks to view the full text will be directed to the publisher website, where only users with subscriptions or access through their institution are able to view the full article.