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Development of sandwich-structured cobalt porphyrin/niobium molybdate nanosheets catalyst for oxygen reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2018

Mengjun Wang ,
Yan Liu ,
Xiaobo Zhang ,
Zichun Fan  and
Zhiwei Tong Open the ORCID record for Zhiwei Tong [Opens in a new window]
Mengjun Wang
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China
Yan Liu
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China
Xiaobo Zhang
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China
Zichun Fan
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China
Zhiwei Tong*
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China; and SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: zhiweitong575@hotmail.com
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Abstract

In this work, the negatively charged [NbMoO6]− nanosheets (NSs) were combined with positively charged [5,10,15,20-tetrakis (N-methylpyridinium-4-yl) porphyrinato cobalt] (CoTMPyP) to fabricate a sandwich-like CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs intercalated material by a direct self-assembling process. The results confirmed that CoTMPyP cations formed an inclined monolayer between [NbMoO6]− NSs and the inclined angle was about 68°. The electrochemical properties of CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs composite were also investigated by cyclic voltammetry and liner sweep voltammetry, which showed the enhanced electron transferred ability. The CoTMPyP/[NbMoO6]− NSs modified electrode displayed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction with the reduction peak potential shifting from −0.681 to −0.235 V. And oxygen could be reduced to generate hydrogen peroxide with a two-electron process in neutral electrolytes. Moreover, the reduction peak current was linear relationship with the square root of scan rates, implying that the catalytic reaction depended on oxygen diffusion.

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cobalt porphyrinniobium molybdatehybrid materialoxygen reduction
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 24 , 28 December 2018 , pp. 4199 - 4206
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