Constructing nanostructures with desirable morphology and size is a critical issue for pursuing high performance electrode materials. Ultrathin Co3O4 nanosheet arrays, which are composed of well aligned uniform long-range (~5 μm in length) and thin (~10 nm in thickness) nanosheets, with reasonable mass loading on Ni foam are prepared by a two-step hydrothermal reaction. As a supercapacitor elec...

Electrochemical conversion of NO3− to NH3via the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3−RR) is a promising approach for ammonia production and storage “green hydrogen”. Co3O4 has shown satisfactory Faradaic efficiency toward $${\rm{N}}{{\rm{H}}_3}\,({\rm{F}}{{\rm{E}}_{{\rm{N}}{{\rm{H}}_3}}})$$ stability, making it potential electrocatalyst NO3−-to-NH3 conversion. However, high overpotential required t...

This paper presents a sensitive simultaneous detection procedure for Sudan I and bisphenol A based on the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/Co3O4 nanocomposite modified screen-printed graphite electrode (SPGE). MWCNTs/Co3O4 was prepared by hydrothermal technique, characterized Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) X-ray diffrac...

Novel electrodes are needed for direct ethanol fuel cells with improved quality. Hierarchical engineering can produce catalysts composed of mesocrystals with many exposed active planes and multi-diffused voids. Here we report a simple, one-pot, hydrothermal method for fabricating Co3O4/carbon/substrate electrodes that provides control over the catalyst mesocrystal morphology (i.e., corn tubercl...

Cobalt oxide films were prepared by electrochemically precipitating the hydroxide and heating it in air to form Co3O4. The resulting oxide films behave as a capacitor. The materials were studied emphasizing their use as either positive or negative electrodes in devices. The capacitance of the material was estimated at different heating temperatures and insight was gained into the charge storage...

The earth's environmental problems, especially for water remediation, need effective methods to solve. Materials with special wettability are developed for the separation of oil/water mixtures. However, the separation of emulsified oil/water mixtures can be a real challenge. There is still much deficiencies, on account of the surfactant, which could link water molecules and oil molecules to for...

We report efficient electrolysis of both water-splitting half reactions in the same medium by a bifunctional 3D electrode comprising Co3O4 nanospheres nucleated on the surface of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) that in turn are grown on conductive carbon paper (CP). The resulting electrode exhibits high stability and large electrochemical activity for both oxygen and hydrogen evolution ...

Heteroatomic substitution and vacancy engineering of spinel oxides can theoretically optimize the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) through charge redistribution d-band center modification but still remain a great challenge in both preparation catalytic mechanism. Herein, we proposed novel efficient Ar-plasma (P)-assisted strategy to construct heteroatom Mo-substituted vacancies enriched hierarch...

Graphene (Gr)/metal oxide nanocomposites, as advanced electrode materials, have drawn significant attention in supercapacitors due to their two components' synergistic cooperation, which compensates each other's drawbacks and hence perform better than individual components. In this study, graphene/metal Gr/NiO Gr/Co3O4 binaries were separately synthesized by a co-precipitation method NiO or Co3...

In this report, a novel hierarchical peapoded array with Co3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated in graphitized carbon fiber is introduced for the first time. The unique peapoded structure is suitable for the excellent anode in LIBs and demonstrates enhanced rate capability, cyclability and prolonged lifespan, e.g. the specific capacity can reach up to 1150 mAh/g. All the enhanced electrochemical perf...