Single‐Crystalline Ultrathin Co3O4 Nanosheets with Massive Vacancy Defects for Enhanced Electrocatalysis

• Published in: Advanced energy materials Vol. 8; no. 3
• Main Authors: Cai, Zhao, Bi, Yongmin, Hu, Enyuan, Liu, Wen, Dwarica, Nico, Tian, Yang, Li, Xiaolin, Kuang, Yun, Li, Yaping, Yang, Xiao‐Qing, Wang, Hailiang, Sun, Xiaoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 25.01.2018
• Subjects: Catalysis; Catalysts; Cobalt oxides; Crystal defects; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; defect effects; Defects; Density functional theory; Electrical resistivity; electrocatalysis; Electrocatalysts; Ethylene glycol; Lattice vacancies; Nanosheets; Nanostructure; Oxygen evolution reactions; oxygen vacancies; Single crystals; ultrathin nanosheets; Vacancies

The role of vacancy defects is demonstrated to be positive in various energy‐related processes. However, introducing vacancy defects into single‐crystalline nanostructures with given facets and studying their defect effect on electrocatalytic properties remains a great challenge. Here this study del...