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Adjusting the catalytic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles by pulsed laser fragmentation in water with defined energy dose

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Waag, Friedrich, Gökce, Bilal, Kalapu, Chakrapani, Bendt, Georg, Salamon, Soma, Landers, Joachim, Hagemann, Ulrich, Heidelmann, Markus, Schulz, Stephan, Wende, Heiko, Hartmann, Nils, Behrens, Malte, Barcikowski, Stephan·2017·Scientific Reports
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-13333-zPMC PMC5640596
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Highly active, structurally disordered CoFe 2 O 4/CoO electrocatalysts are synthesized by pulsed laser fragmentation in liquid (PLFL) of a commercial CoFe 2 O 4 powder dispersed in water. A partial transformation of the CoFe 2 O 4 educt to CoO is observed and proposed to be a thermal decomposition process induced by the picosecond pulsed laser irradiation. The overpotential in the OER in aqueous alkaline media at 10 mA cm−2 is reduced by 23% compared to the educt down to 0.32 V with a Tafel slope of 71 mV dec−1. Importantly, the catalytic activity is systematically adjustable by the number of PLFL treatment cycles. The occurrence of thermal melting and decomposition during one PLFL cycle is verified by modelling the laser beam energy distribution within the irradiated colloid volume and comparing the by single particles absorbed part to threshold energies. Thermal decomposition leads to a massive reduction in particle size and crystal transformations towards crystalline CoO and amorphous CoFe 2 O 4. Subsequently, thermal melting forms multi-phase spherical and network-like particles. Additionally, Fe-based layered double hydroxides at higher process cycle repetitions emerge as a byproduct. The results show that PLFL is a promising method that allows modification of the structural order in oxides and thus access to catalytically interesting materials.

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Waag, F., Gökce, B., Kalapu, C., Bendt, G., Salamon, S., Landers, J., Hagemann, U., Heidelmann, M., Schulz, S., Wende, H., Hartmann, N., Behrens, M., & Barcikowski, S.
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University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
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  • Gökce, Bilal
  • Behrens, Malte
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Scientific Reports
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-10-13
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
13161-13161
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-017-13333-z
PMC
PMC5640596
OpenAlex
W2764030346
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Funders
Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR ST-2017-0001, PR-2016-0044)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Keywords
cobalt ferrite nanoparticles, oxygen evolution reaction, thermal decomposition, laser dose, particle size reduction, cobalt oxide, layered double hydroxides, structural disorder, alkaline water electrolysis

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