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Nanotechnology. 2016 Nov 04;27(44):44LT02. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/44/44LT02. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Cobalt phosphide nanowall array as an efficient 3D catalyst electrode for methanol electro-oxidation.

Nanotechnology

Danni Liu, Wenbo Lu, Kunyang Wang, Gu Du, Abdullah M Asiri, Qun Lu, Xuping Sun

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 27671347 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/44/44LT02

Abstract

In this letter, we report on the use of a cobalt phosphide nanowall array on conductive carbon cloth (CoP NA/CC) as an efficient catalyst electrode for methanol electro-oxidation under alkaline conditions. This CoP NA/CC achieves a current density of 96 mA cm(-2) toward 0.5 M methanol at 0.5 V (versus a saturated calomel electrode (SCE)) in 1 M KOH. Moreover, this electrode exhibits superior stability and 93% of the initial anodic current density can be retained after 1000 cyclic voltammetry cycles when re-measured in new electrolyte.

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