Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy nanoparticles : partial cation exchange synthesis and electrocatalytic properties toward the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

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Mn3O4@CoMn2O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were produced at low temperature and ambient atmosphere using a one -pot two-step synthesis protocol involving the cation exchange of Mn by Co in preformed Mn3O4 NPs. Selecting the proper cobalt precursor, the nucleation of CoxOy crystallites at the Mn3O4@a CoMn2O4 surface could be simultaneously promoted to form Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy NPs. Such heterostructured NPs were investigated for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR, OER) in alkaline solution. Mn3O4@ CoMn2O4-Cox0y NPs with [Co]/[Mn] = 1 showed low overpotentials of 0.31 Vat(-3) mA.cm(-2) and a small Tafel slope of 52 mV.dec(-1) for ORR, and overpotentials of 0.31 V at 10 mA
CitationLuo, Z., Irtem, E., Ibañez, M., Nafria, R., Martí, S., Genç, A., de la Mata, M., Liu, Y., Cadavid, D., Llorca, J., Arbiol, J., Andreu, T., Morante, J., Cabot, A. Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy nanoparticles: partial cation exchange synthesis and electrocatalytic properties toward the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. "ACS applied materials and interfaces", 13 Juliol 2016, vol. 8, núm. 27, p. 17435-17444.
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Publisher versionhttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b02786
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