Abstract
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are important for developing energy systems such as fuel cells and metal–air batteries. Precious metal catalysts, such as Pt and IrO2, have been considered electrochemical catalysts because of their excellent activity for the ORR and OER. However, their disadvantages, such as low durability for long-term operation and high price, necessitate the development of alternative electrochemical catalysts. Transition metal oxides with excellent electrical conductivity, high efficiency, and stability have been considered alternative electrochemical catalysts owing to their ORR and OER activities, which are similar to those of precious metal catalysts. Therefore, in this study, composite catalyst materials comprising Co3O4 and CoFe2O4 spinel oxides were synthesized via hydrothermal synthesis. The synthesized composite oxides exhibit bi-functional electrochemical catalytic activity for ORR and OER owing to the large active surface area and increased number of oxygen vacancies via the nanostrain in Co3O4 nanoparticles.
Funder
Korean government Ministry of Education
Subject
Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction
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6 articles.
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