Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Performance via Tuning the Synergy between Metal Core and Oxide Shell of Metal−Organic Frameworks‐Derived Co@CoO x

Wang, Hao; Kou, Rong‐Hui; Jin, Qiu; Liu, Yu‐Zi; Yin, Feng‐Xiang; Sun, Cheng‐Jun; Wang, Liang; Ma, Zhi‐Yuan; Ren, Yang; Liu, Ning; Chen, Biao‐Hua

doi:10.1002/celc.202000038

Title: Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Performance via Tuning the Synergy between Metal Core and Oxide Shell of Metal−Organic Frameworks‐Derived Co@CoO _x

Journal Article · Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ChemElectroChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202000038· OSTI ID:1604104

^[1]; Kou, Rong‐Hui ^[2]; Jin, Qiu ^[1]; Liu, Yu‐Zi ^[3]; Yin, Feng‐Xiang ^[4]; Sun, Cheng‐Jun ^[2]; Wang, Liang ^[2]; Ma, Zhi‐Yuan ^[2]; Ren, Yang ^[2]; Liu, Ning ^[1];

^[1]

College of Environmental and Energy Engineering Beijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 P.R. China
X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, Illinois 60439 USA
Center of Nanoscale Materials Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, Illinois 60439 USA
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 P.R. China

Abstract Co core@Co oxide shell (Co@CoO _x ) catalysts represent a large family with promising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic activity. However, inadequate understanding of Co@CoO _x synergy prohibits further pursuit of catalytic performance enhancement. Herein, a Co zeolitic−imidazolate framework was converted into metallic Co, followed by controlled air treatment to form Co@CoO _x . The composition and structure evolution as a function of air treatment temperature were studied thoroughly through conventional and synchrotron (both ex‐situ and in‐situ) characterizations, confirming the coexistence of CoO and Co ₃ O ₄ in the shell. The optimal catalyst showed an ORR half‐wave potential of 0.87 V (vs. RHE) in an alkaline half‐cell and delivered high discharge capacity in an aprotic Li−O ₂ battery (7,124 mAh g _Cat+C ⁻¹ ) and an aqueous Zn−air battery (694 mAh g _Zn ⁻¹ ) with good performance retention after durability test. Modeling simulation and density functional theory calculation confirmed the charge donation from metal core to oxide shell and shed light on new insights of how metal@metal oxide synergy impacted the ORR via tuning the charge conductivity, oxygen affinity and intermediate transfer pathway. This work opens up a venue to boost ORR catalytic activity from an interfacial synergy perspective.

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1604104

Journal Information:: ChemElectroChem, Journal Name: ChemElectroChem Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2196-0216

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 15 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (51)

Electronic structure of CoO, Li-doped CoO, and ${LiCoO}_{2}$ van Elp, J.; Wieland, J. L.; Eskes, H. Physical Review B, Vol. 44, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.6090	journal	September 1991
Impacts of Imidazolate Ligand on Performance of Zeolitic-Imidazolate Framework-Derived Oxygen Reduction Catalysts Wang, Hao; Grabstanowicz, Lauren R.; Barkholtz, Heather M. ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 4, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01740	journal	September 2019
Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene via Thermal Annealing Graphite Oxide with Melamine and Its Excellent Electrocatalysis Sheng, Zhen-Huan; Shao, Lin; Chen, Jing-Jing ACS Nano, Vol. 5, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn103584t	journal	May 2011
Core@Shelled Co/CoO Embedded Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanosheets Coupled Graphene as Efficient Cathode Catalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells Tan, Liang; Pan, Qiu-Ren; Wu, Xiao-Tong ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 7, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00026	journal	February 2019
Cobalt and cobalt oxides N-codoped porous carbon derived from metal-organic framework as bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions Xu, Gui; Xu, Guan-Cheng; Ban, Jin-Jin Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 521 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.03.036	journal	July 2018
Hollow Porous Carbon Fiber from Cotton with Nitrogen Doping Shen, Wenzhong; Hu, Tuoping; Wang, Peiyu ChemPlusChem, Vol. 79, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201300359	journal	December 2013
Metal–air batteries: from oxygen reduction electrochemistry to cathode catalysts Cheng, Fangyi; Chen, Jun Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 41, Issue 6, p. 2172-2192 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cs15228a	journal	January 2012
Metal and Metal Oxide Interactions and Their Catalytic Consequences for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Jia, Qingying; Ghoshal, Shraboni; Li, Jingkun Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 139, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b02378	journal	June 2017
ATHENA and ARTEMIS Interactive Graphical Data Analysisusing IFEFFIT Ravel, B.; Newville, M. Physica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1238/Physica.Topical.115a01007	journal	January 2005
Activity benchmarks and requirements for Pt, Pt-alloy, and non-Pt oxygen reduction catalysts for PEMFCs Gasteiger, Hubert A.; Kocha, Shyam S.; Sompalli, Bhaskar Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 56, Issue 1-2, p. 9-35 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2004.06.021	journal	March 2005
Hollow Zn/Co ZIF Particles Derived from Core-Shell ZIF-67@ZIF-8 as Selective Catalyst for the Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene Yang, Jian; Zhang, Fengjun; Lu, Haiyuan Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 54, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504242	journal	August 2015
Fuel Cells and Precious-Metal Catalysts Berger, D. J. Science, Vol. 286, Issue 5437 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5437.49c	journal	October 1999
Modification of surface electronic structure on TiO2(110) and TiO2(441) by Na deposition Onishi, Hiroshi; Aruga, Tetsuya; Egawa, Chikashi Surface Science, Vol. 199, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028(88)90396-2	journal	January 1988
Co/CoO Nanoparticles Assembled on Graphene for Electrochemical Reduction of Oxygen Guo, Shaojun; Zhang, Sen; Wu, Liheng Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 124, Issue 47 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201206152	journal	October 2012
Exceptional chemical and thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks Park, K. S.; Ni, Z.; Cote, A. P. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 103, Issue 27, p. 10186-10191 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0602439103	journal	June 2006
Platinum group metal-free catalysts boost cost competitiveness of fuel cell vehicles Thompson, Simon T.; Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios Nature Catalysis, Vol. 2, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0291-x	journal	July 2019
Co@Co ₃ O ₄ Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotube-Grafted Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Polyhedra as an Advanced Bifunctional Oxygen Electrode Aijaz, Arshad; Masa, Justus; Rösler, Christoph Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 55, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201509382	journal	February 2016
A photoelectron spectroscopy study of sub-monolayer interfaces annealed from 300 up to 623 K Robba, D.; Ori, D. M.; Sangalli, P. Surface Science, Vol. 380, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01585-3	journal	May 1997
An efficient, bifunctional catalyst for lithium–oxygen batteries obtained through tuning the exterior Co ²⁺ /Co ³⁺ ratio of CoO _x on N-doped carbon nanofibers Zhang, Xiuling; Fan, Wei; Zhao, Shuyu Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY00477G	journal	January 2019
Stability of Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Membranes: Reaction of Hydroxyl Radicals with Sulfonated Phenylated Polyphenylenes Holmes, Thomas; Skalski, Thomas J. G.; Adamski, Michael Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b05302	journal	February 2019
Co/CoO Nanoparticles Assembled on Graphene for Electrochemical Reduction of Oxygen Guo, Shaojun; Zhang, Sen; Wu, Liheng Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 51, Issue 47 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201206152	journal	October 2012
Engineering Fe–Fe ₃ C@Fe–N–C Active Sites and Hybrid Structures from Dual Metal–Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in H ₂ –O ₂ Fuel Cell and Li–O ₂ Battery Wang, Hao; Yin, Feng‐Xiang; Liu, Ning Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201901531	journal	April 2019
Characterization and properties of Zn/Co zeolitic imidazolate frameworks vs. ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 Zhou, Kui; Mousavi, Bibimaryam; Luo, Zhixiong Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA07860E	journal	January 2017
Advancements in rationally designed PGM-free fuel cell catalysts derived from metal–organic frameworks Barkholtz, Heather M.; Liu, Di-Jia Materials Horizons, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6MH00344C	journal	January 2017
In situ encapsulation of core–shell-structured Co@Co ₃ O ₄ into nitrogen-doped carbon polyhedra as a bifunctional catalyst for rechargeable Zn–air batteries Guo, Ziyang; Wang, Fengmei; Xia, Yuan Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA09958D	journal	January 2018
Metal-organic gel-derived Fe-Fe2O3@nitrogen-doped-carbon nanoparticles anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a highly effective catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction Wang, Hao; Cheng, Xiaocao; Yin, Fengxiang Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 232 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.144	journal	April 2017
MO-Co@N-Doped Carbon (M = Zn or Co): Vital Roles of Inactive Zn and Highly Efficient Activity toward Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions for Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery Chen, Biaohua; He, Xiaobo; Yin, Fengxiang Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201700795	journal	June 2017
Co/Co3O4/C–N, a novel nanostructure and excellent catalytic system for the oxygen reduction reaction Wu, Zhen-Yu; Chen, Ping; Wu, Qing-Sheng Nano Energy, Vol. 8 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.05.019	journal	September 2014
A metal–organic framework route to in situ encapsulation of Co@Co ₃ O ₄ @C core@bishell nanoparticles into a highly ordered porous carbon matrix for oxygen reduction Xia, Wei; Zou, Ruqiang; An, Li Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 8, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4EE02281E	journal	January 2015
Iron imidazolate framework as precursor for electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells Zhao, Dan; Shui, Jiang-Lan; Chen, Chen Chemical Science, Vol. 3, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sc20657a	journal	January 2012
EXPGUI , a graphical user interface for GSAS Toby, Brian H. Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol. 34, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889801002242	journal	April 2001
Metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient oxygen electrocatalysis He, Xiaobo; Yin, Fengxiang; Wang, Hao Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 39, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(18)63017-7	journal	February 2018
Bifunktionale Sauerstoffelektroden durch Einbettung von Co@Co ₃ O ₄ -Nanopartikeln in CNT-gekoppelte Stickstoff-dotierte Kohlenstoffpolyeder Aijaz, Arshad; Masa, Justus; Rösler, Christoph Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 128, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201509382	journal	February 2016
High-Throughput Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and Application to CO₂ Capture Banerjee, Rahul; Phan, Anh; Wang, Bo Science, Vol. 319, Issue 5865, p. 939-943 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1152516	journal	February 2008
Interaction Induced High Catalytic Activities of CoO Nanoparticles Grown on Nitrogen-Doped Hollow Graphene Microspheres for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions Jiang, Zhong-Jie; Jiang, Zhongqing Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27081	journal	June 2016
Supercapacitive cobalt oxide (Co3O4) thin films by spray pyrolysis Shinde, V. R.; Mahadik, S. B.; Gujar, T. P. Applied Surface Science, Vol. 252, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.09.004	journal	August 2006
ZIF-67 incorporated with carbon derived from pomelo peels: A highly efficient bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction/evolution reactions Wang, Hao; Yin, Feng-Xiang; Chen, Biao-Hua Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 205 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.016	journal	May 2017
Electrochemical Catalyst–Support Effects and Their Stabilizing Role for IrO _x Nanoparticle Catalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Oh, Hyung-Suk; Nong, Hong Nhan; Reier, Tobias Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue 38 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b07199	journal	September 2016
Cobalt Imidazolate Framework as Precursor for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts Ma, Shengqian; Goenaga, Gabriel A.; Call, Ann V. Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 17, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201003080	journal	January 2011
Band Bending in Semiconductors: Chemical and Physical Consequences at Surfaces and Interfaces Zhang, Zhen; Yates, John T. Chemical Reviews, Vol. 112, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr3000626	journal	June 2012
Nanostructured Nonprecious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Wu, Gang; Zelenay, Piotr Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 46, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/ar400011z	journal	April 2013
An electron injection promoted highly efficient electrocatalyst of FeNi ₃ @GR@Fe-NiOOH for oxygen evolution and rechargeable metal–air batteries Wang, Xin; Liu, Xiangye; Tong, Chuan-Jia Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 4, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA01541G	journal	January 2016
An Advanced Nitrogen-Doped Graphene/Cobalt-Embedded Porous Carbon Polyhedron Hybrid for Efficient Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Water Splitting Hou, Yang; Wen, Zhenhai; Cui, Shumao Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 25, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201403657	journal	December 2014
Well-Coupled Graphene and Pd-Based Bimetallic Nanocrystals Nanocomposites for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction Yin, Huanhuan; Liu, Suli; Zhang, Chunli ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 6, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/am405164f	journal	January 2014
Highly active NiCo alloy hexagonal nanoplates with crystal plane selective dehydrogenation and visible-light photocatalysis Zhou, Shiqing; Wen, Ming; Wang, Na Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 22, Issue 33 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm32397d	journal	January 2012
A combination of CoO and Co nanoparticles supported on electrospun carbon nanofibers as highly stable air electrodes Alegre, Cinthia; Busacca, Concetta; Di Blasi, Orazio Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 364 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.08.007	journal	October 2017
Synthesis of an ε-MnO ₂ /metal–organic-framework composite and its electrocatalysis towards oxygen reduction reaction in an alkaline electrolyte Wang, Hao; Yin, Fengxiang; Chen, Biaohua Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 3, Issue 31 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA02244D	journal	January 2015
A comparison of cobalt(II) and iron(II) hydroxyl and superoxide free radical formation Kadiiska, Maria B.; Maples, Kirk R.; Mason, Ronald P. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 275, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(89)90354-8	journal	November 1989
Strong Interactions in Supported-Metal Catalysts Tauster, S. J.; Fung, S. C.; Baker, R. T. K. Science, Vol. 211, Issue 4487, p. 1121-1125 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.211.4487.1121	journal	March 1981
3D hierarchical Co ₃ O ₄ microspheres with enhanced lithium-ion battery performance Zhang, Zichao; Li, Li; Xu, Qi RSC Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 76 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA11472A	journal	January 2015
Hollow Zn/Co ZIF Particles Derived from Core-Shell ZIF-67@ZIF-8 as Selective Catalyst for the Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene Yang, Jian; Zhang, Fengjun; Lu, Haiyuan Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 127, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201504242	journal	August 2015

Similar Records

Nitrogen‐doped Carbon–CoO _x Nanohybrids: A Precious Metal Free Cathode that Exceeds 1.0 W cm ⁻² Peak Power and 100 h Life in Anion‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Journal Article · Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Angewandte Chemie · OSTI ID:1604104

Peng, Xiong; Omasta, Travis J.; Magliocca, Emanuele; +3 more

Nitrogen‐doped Carbon–CoO _x Nanohybrids: A Precious Metal Free Cathode that Exceeds 1.0 W cm ⁻² Peak Power and 100 h Life in Anion‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Journal Article · Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) · OSTI ID:1604104

Peng, Xiong; Omasta, Travis J.; Magliocca, Emanuele; +3 more

Engineering Fe–Fe ₃ C@Fe–N–C Active Sites and Hybrid Structures from Dual Metal–Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in H ₂ –O ₂ Fuel Cell and Li–O ₂ Battery

Journal Article · Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advanced Functional Materials · OSTI ID:1604104

Wang, Hao; Yin, Feng‐Xiang; Liu, Ning; +6 more

Title: Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Performance via Tuning the Synergy between Metal Core and Oxide Shell of Metal−Organic Frameworks‐Derived Co@CoO x

Citation Formats

References (51)

Similar Records

Related Subjects

Title: Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Performance via Tuning the Synergy between Metal Core and Oxide Shell of Metal−Organic Frameworks‐Derived Co@CoO _x