Activating cobalt(II) oxide nanorods for efficient electrocatalysis by strain engineering

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1509 - 7
• Main Authors: Ling, Tao, Yan, Dong-Yang, Wang, Hui, Jiao, Yan, Hu, Zhenpeng, Zheng, Yao, Zheng, Lirong, Mao, Jing, Liu, Hui, Du, Xi-Wen, Jaroniec, Mietek, Qiao, Shi-Zhang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.11.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/357/537; 639/638/77/886; Atomic structure; Catalysts; Cobalt; Electrocatalysts; Electronic structure; Evolution; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen; Hydrogen evolution reactions; Hydrogen production; multidisciplinary; Nanorods; Oxygen; Oxygen evolution reactions; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sustainable production; Transition metal oxides

Designing high-performance and cost-effective electrocatalysts toward oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions in water–alkali electrolyzers is pivotal for large-scale and sustainable hydrogen production. Earth-abundant transition metal oxide-based catalysts are particularly active for oxyg...