【直播】Energy Materials国际网络系列研讨会

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.

Prof.Yizhong Huang is currently positioned in School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has been working in University of Oxford as a postdoc, research fellow (faculty member), college fellow of Wolfson and an academic visitor. He has been granted a few awards such as UK-Southeast Asia Partners in Science Collaboration Development. He has published over two hundred and sixty papers in journals such as Nature communications, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano with a citation up to 10800 and an Hindex of 52. He has developed his expertise in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and focused ion beam (FIB) system with specific research interests in nano-electrochemistry and hybrid nanostructured materials for energy applications. He has established and leads a strong academic group with 15 researchers including postdoctoral research fellows.

Co coupled with O vacancies on more advancement of oxygen evolution reaction of Co₃O₄ thin nanosheets

Atomic vacancy has been demonstrated to generate new energy states in the bandgap whereby providing more active sites in many electrocatalytic processes. In this talk, development of a novel process to yield both Co and O vacancies in the synthetical Co₃O₄ nanosheets when subjected toa laser beam, will be introduced. The method, capable of creating both Co and O vacancies and embarking upon the prediction of the number of vacancies generated, is more reliable/controllable over other methods. The coupling of two types of vacancies eases the occurrence of Co₃O₄ oxidation reaction at a very low overpotential, which then facilities the OER at an over-potential of 290 mV with a small Tafel slope of 76 mV dec⁻¹, much better than the pristine Co₃O₄ and the benchmark RuO₂. DFT calculations suggest that the induced multi - vacancies create trap state in the bandgap of Co₃O₄ promoting the adsorption capability and advancing the water splitting.

Prof. Hong Xu

Associate Editor

Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

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