Cobalt vanadate nanoparticles as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable seawater batteries

Kang Ho Shin; Jehee Park; Sul Ki Park; Puritut Nakhanivej; Soo Min Hwang; Youngsik Kim; Ho Seok Park

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.72, 250-254, April, 2019

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.12.025 Export Citation

Cobalt vanadate nanoparticles as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable seawater batteries

Kang Ho Shin¹, Jehee Park², Sul Ki Park¹, Puritut Nakhanivej¹, Soo Min Hwang^{2, †}, Youngsik Kim^{2, 3}, and Ho Seok Park^{1, †}

¹School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
²School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
³Energy Materials and Devices Lab, 4TOONE Corporation, UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

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Herein, we report synthesis of Co3V2O8 nanoparticles for an electrocatalyst of seawater batteries. The cell using Co3V2O8 achieves a higher voltage efficiency of ~76% than ~72% of the cell without catalyst. In addition, the Co3V2O8 shows a good rate capability with reduced voltage gaps and an increased power density of ~5.9 mW cm-2. This cell is stable over 20 cycles for 400 h with reduced voltage gap of ~0.95 V. These findings are attributed to the facilitated redox kinetics of the clustered Co3V2O8 nanoparticles arising from the optimal metal- bond strength and large surface area.

Keywords:Mixed metal oxide;Electrocatalyst;Nanoparticles;Seawater battery;Rechargeable battery

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