掺杂剂
过电位
结晶度
材料科学
纳米线
钴
析氧
兴奋剂
化学工程
纳米技术
退火(玻璃)
电催化剂
电极
物理化学
化学
电化学
光电子学
冶金
复合材料
工程类
作者
Lili Cai,In Sun Cho,Manca Logar,Apurva Mehta,Jiajun He,Chi Hwan Lee,Pratap M. Rao,Yunzhe Feng,Jennifer Wilcox,Fritz B. Prinz,Xiaolin Zheng
摘要
Doping nanowires (NWs) is of crucial importance for a range of applications due to the unique properties arising from both impurities' incorporation and nanoscale dimensions. However, existing doping methods face the challenge of simultaneous control over the morphology, crystallinity, dopant distribution and concentration at the nanometer scale. Here, we present a controllable and reliable method, which combines versatile solution phase chemistry and rapid flame annealing process (sol-flame), to dope TiO2 NWs with cobalt (Co). The sol-flame doping method not only preserves the morphology and crystallinity of the TiO2 NWs, but also allows fine control over the Co dopant profile by varying the concentration of Co precursor solution. Characterizations of the TiO2:Co NWs show that Co dopants exhibit 2+ oxidation state and substitutionally occupy Ti sites in the TiO2 lattice. The Co dopant concentration significantly affects the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity of TiO2:Co NWs, and the TiO2:Co NWs with 12 at% of Co on the surface show the highest OER activity with a 0.76 V reduction of the overpotential with respect to undoped TiO2 NWs. This enhancement of OER activity for TiO2:Co NWs is attributed to both improved surface charge transfer kinetics and increased bulk conductivity.
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