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Self-transforming ultrathin α-Co(OH)2 nanosheet arrays from metal-organic framework modified graphene oxide with sandwich-like structure for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

Mengqiu Huang1, Weiwei Liu2,†, Lei Wang1, Jiwei Liu1, Guanyu Chen1, Wenbin You1, Jie Zhang1, Lijun Yuan2, Xuefeng Zhang2, Renchao Che1( )
Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem), Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310012, China

† Present address: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem), Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China

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Developing efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with high electrochemical activity and durability for diverse renewable and sustainable energy technologies remains challenging. Herein, an ultrasonic-assisted and coordination modulation strategy is developed to construct sandwich-like metal-organic framework (MOF) derived hydroxide nanosheet (NS) arrays/graphene oxide (GO) composite via one-step self-transformation route. Inducing from unsteady state, the dodecahedral ZIF-67 with Co2+ in tetrahedral coordination auto-converts into defect-rich ultrathin layered hydroxides with the interlayered ion NO3-. The self-transforming α-Co(OH)2/GO nanosheet arrays from ZIF-67 (Co(OH)2-GNS) change the coordination mode of Co2+ and bring about the exposure of more metal active sites, thereby enhancing the spatial utilization ratio within the framework. As monometal-based electrocatalyst, the optimized Co(OH)2-GNS exhibits remarkable OER catalytic performance evidenced by a low overpotential of 259 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA·cm-2 in alkaline medium, even exceeding commercial RuO2. During the oxygen evolution process, electron migration can be accelerated by the interfacial/in-plane charge polarization and local electric field, corroborated by the off-axis electron holography. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further studied the collaboration between ultrathin Co(OH)2 NS and GO, which leads to lower energy barriers of intermediate products and greatly promotes electrocatalytic property.

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metal-organic frameworkoxygen evolution reactionultrathin nanosheet arrayscobaltous hydroxidecharge transfer

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 3,
March 2020
Pages 810-817
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2701-4
Cite this article:
Huang M, Liu W, Wang L, et al. Self-transforming ultrathin α-Co(OH)2 nanosheet arrays from metal-organic framework modified graphene oxide with sandwich-like structure for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Nano Research, 2020, 13(3): 810-817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2701-4
Topics:
Density functional theoryElectric fields ElectrocatalystsGrapheneMetalsNanosheetsOrganic frameworks OrganometallicsOxygenRuthenium compounds

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Received: 09 October 2019
Revised: 02 February 2020
Accepted: 06 February 2020
Published: 26 February 2020
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