Transition metal oxides are a class of materials that are vitally important for developing new materials with functionality and smartness. The unique properties of these materials are related to the presence of elements with mixed valences. The measurement of cation valence states can be performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and other chemical techniques, but these techniques are sui...

Effects of Fe2O3 addition (2-20 wt%) with 1 h mechanical activation on redox reactions of Co3O4 were studied by TG/DSC, SEM, and XRD analyses. The results showed that a Fe2O3 addition from 2 to 15 wt% increases the oxygen release from 1.4 to 3.4 wt% and decreases the reduction onset temperature from 1030 to 960 °C, while it increases the oxygen uptake value and re-oxidation onset temperature re...

Cobalt oxide thin films were successfully grown directly on fluorine-doped tin glass substrates through a simple, green, and low-cost hydrothermal method. An investigation into the physicochemical characteristics photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of developed cobalt film was comprehensively performed. At various annealing temperatures, different morphologies crystal phases observed. Microfl...

Rapid capacity decay and inferior kinetics are the vital issues of anodes in conversion reaction for lithium-ion batteries. Vacancy engineering can efficiently modulate intrinsic properties transition-metal oxide (TMO)-based electrode materials, but effect oxygen vacancies on performance remains unclear. Herein, abundant situ introduced into lattice different TMOs (e.g., Co3O4, Fe2O3, NiO) via ...

For the first time, two dimensional (2D) rectangular Co3O4 with micro-/nanoarchitectures is successfully synthesized by a facile hydrothermal treatment with the assistance of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA). Owing to the strong electrostatic interaction, positively charged PDDA molecules are considered as structure directing agents and play a crucial role in the formation of the u...

we report on the synthesis, morphology, chemically and structurally of la2o3-co3o4-zro2 nanostructure. the la2o3-co3o4-zro2 nanostructure was synthesized by a method based on the co-precipitation. composite powders have been characterized by xrd (x-ray diffraction), sem (scanning electron microscopy) and bet (brunauer-emmett-teller). x-ray diffraction showed the formation of nano crystalline, l...

In this paper, a new electrochemical sensor was reported for the determination of amaranth in drink soft. sensor, activated carbon-Co3O4 nanocomposite (AC-Co3O4) employ­ed as electrode modifying materials. The introduction high pores to carbon not only can favor more molecules adsorbed surface working through pores, but also may benefit fast electron diffusion electro­chemical detection process...

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...