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Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: February 10, 2023
Quasi-single-crystalline CoO hexagrams with abundant defects for highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation
Zuozhong Liang1, Zhehao Huang2, Haitao Yuan1
1Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry , Ministry of Education , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119 , China .
Abstract:
Defects and structural long-range ordering have been recognized as two crucial characters for advanced electrocatalysts. However, these two features have rarely been achieved together. Herein, we report the preparation of single-crystalline CoO hexagrams and demonstrate their exceptional electrocatalytic properties for water oxidation. The quasi-single-crystalline CoO hexagrams, prepared at the critical phase transition point of β-Co(OH)2/Co(OH)F hexagrams, possess both abundant oxygen vacancies as defects and structural long-range ordering. The matching between the b-axis of Co(OH)F crystals and the a-axis of β-Co(OH)2 crystals is critical for the formation of the CoO hexagram single crystals. The quasi-single-crystalline CoO hexagrams with abundant defects are highly efficient for water oxidation by delivering a 10 mA cm-2 current density at a low overpotential of 269 mV in a 1 M KOH aqueous solution.
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