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Electrocatalysis of Cyclic Voltammetrically Prepared Co‐MnO 2 Composite towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)
Author(s) -
Ding KeQiang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.201000193
Subject(s) - chemistry , electrocatalyst , cyclic voltammetry , cobalt , graphite , electrode , manganese , scanning electron microscope , aqueous solution , voltammetry , inorganic chemistry , electrochemistry , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , materials science
For the first time, cobalt particles were electrodeposited on the surface of manganese oxides by cyclic voltammetry (CV) from an aqueous solution of 0.1 M Na 2 SO 4 containing 5 mM CoSO 4 , and then the samples obtained were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X‐ray analysis (EDAX), respectively. And then, the as‐prepared Co/MnO 2 ‐coated graphite electrode was employed to the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Interestingly, the reduction peak potential of ORR on a Co/MnO 2 ‐modified graphite electrode was positively shifted for about 100 mV as compared with that on a MnO 2 ‐modified graphite electrode, indicating that the electrocatalysis of Co/MnO 2 composite towards ORR is superior to that of pure MnO 2 .