Structurally Ordered Intermetallic Cobalt Stannide Nanocrystals for High-Performance Electrocatalytic Overall
Prashanth W Menezes1, Chakadola Panda1, Somenath Garai1
1Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The synthesis of structurally ordered non-noble intermetallic cobalt stannide (CoSn2 ) nanocrystals and their utilization for high-performance electrocatalytic overall water-splitting is presented. The structurally and electronically beneficial properties of the tetragonal CoSn2 exhibit a considerably low overpotential for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) and Ni foam (NF). Loss of Sn from the crystal lattices and oxidation of Co under strongly alkaline conditions furnishes highly disordered amorphous active CoOx (H), the catalytically active structure for OER. The Co0 atoms in the CoSn2 act as active sites for HER and the presence of Sn provides efficient electrical conductivity. This intermetallic phase is a novel type of cost-effective and competitive bifunctional electrocatalysts and predestinated for overall water-splitting devices: A two-electrode electrolyzer with CoSn2 on NF delivers a cell voltage of merely 1.55 V at 10 mA cm-2 maintaining long-term stability.
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