We report directly grown strongly adherent graphene on Co3O4(111) by carbon molecular beam epitaxy (C MBE) at 850 K and density functional theory (DFT) findings that the first graphene layer is reconstructed to fit the Co3O4 surface, while subsequent layers retain normal graphene structure. This adherence to the Co3O4 structure results from partial bonding of half the carbons to top oxygens of ...

Mesostructured Co3O4/C composites of high surface area have been synthesized via a one-step replica route by co-nanocasting cobalt and carbon precursors into mesoporous silica, in which the Co3O4 nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed in the mesoporous structure of carbon substrates. The mesostructured composites showed relatively high catalytic activities for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)...

Double-shell cobalt monoxide (CoO) hollow particles were successfully synthesized by a facile and effective one-pot solution-based synthetic route. The inner architecture and outer structure of the double-shell CoO hollow particles could be readily created through controlling experimental parameters. A possible formation mechanism was proposed based on the experimental results. The current synt...

Co3O4 has shown acceptable electrochemical properties as the anode material of Li secondary batteries. In detail, its capacity reached about 700 mAh/g, twice as high as graphite, and 93.4% of initial capacity was retained after 100 cycles. EIS (electrochemical impedance spectroscopy) analyses revealed that after the 1st cycle, the insertion or extraction of Li ions in Co3O4 can occur homogeneou...

in this paper, macrocyclic cobalt(ii) complexes [col1](no3)2.4h2o (1) and [col2](no3)2.2h2o (2) have been synthesized from the reaction of dialdehydes 1,2-bis(2-formylphenyl)ethane and 1,3-bis(2-formylphenyl)propane, co(no3)2.6h2o and 1,2-cyclohexanediamine with molar ration 1:1:1 in methanole and characterized by elemental analyses and ft-ir spectroscopy. then used as precursors for preparatio...

Functional materials with both exposed highly reactive planes and hollow structures have attracted considerable attentions with respect to improved catalytic activity and enhanced electrochemical energy storage. Herein, we report the synthesis of unusual single-crystal Co3O4 nanocages with highly exposed {110} reactive facets via a one-step solution method. When tested as anode materials in lit...

In this study, an effect of different concentrations of urea on the morphology of cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanostructures was investigated. The Co3O4 nanostructures are fabricated on gold coated glass substrate by the hydrothermal method. The morphological and structural characterization was performed by scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction techniques. The Co3O4 nanostructures exhibi...

Metal oxide nanosheets have potential applications in novel nanoelectronics as nanocrystal building blocks. In this work, the devices with a structure of Au/p-type Co3O4 nanosheets/indium tin oxide/glass having bipolar resistive switching characteristics were successfully fabricated. The experimental results demonstrate that the device have stable high/low resistance ratio that is greater than ...

Ni-doped Co3O4 catalysts with various Ni concentrations (0.01, and 0.015 M) were synthesized using a simple, cost-effective hydrothermal route. The samples are denoted as Co3O4-1 Co3O4-2. Structural morphological properties of as-prepared characterized by XRD, FTIR, XPS, SEM, HR-TEM techniques. electrochemical characteristics for the urea oxidation (UOR) on catalyst examined cyclic voltammetry ...

The practical application of lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) is severely hindered by the undesirable shuttling lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and sluggish redox kinetics sulfur species. Herein, a series ultrathin single-atomic tungsten-doped Co3O4 (Wx-Co3O4) nanosheets as catalytic additives in cathode for LSBs are rationally designed synthesized. Benefiting from enhanced activity optimized elect...