High-efficiency oxygen reduction by late transition metal oxides to produce H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>
Yue Zhang, Hao Jiang, Chengxu Zhang, Yuebin Feng, Hang Feng, Sanyuan Zhu, Jue Hu
Abstract
Here, we demonstrate for the first time the activity trend of ZnO > CuO > NiO > CoO for 2e − ORR electrocatalysis with the selectivity of 90.0%, 82.8%, 79.4%, and 36.8%, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrocatalystTransition metalNon-blocking I/OSelectivityOxygen reductionOxygenMetalInorganic chemistryOxygen reduction reactionChemistryMaterials scienceNuclear chemistryCatalysisPhysical chemistryMetallurgyElectrodeElectrochemistryBiochemistryOrganic chemistryElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchCatalytic Processes in Materials Science