title: In-situ formation of cobalt-phosphate oxygen-evolving complex-anchored reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for oxygen reduction reaction.
abstract: Oxygen conversion process between O₂ and H₂O by means of electrochemistry or photochemistry has lately received a great deal of attention. Cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) catalyst is a new type of cost-effective artificial oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) with amorphous features during photosynthesis. However, can such Co-Pi OEC also act as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst in electrochemical processes? The question remains unanswered. Here for the first time we demonstrate that Co-Pi OEC does be rather active for the ORR. Particularly, Co-Pi OEC anchoring on reduced graphite oxide (rGO) nanosheet is shown to possess dramatically improved electrocatalytic activities. Differing from the generally accepted role of rGO as an "electron reservoir", we suggest that rGO serves as "peroxide cleaner" in enhancing the electrocatalytic behaviors. The present study may bridge the gap between photochemistry and electrochemistry towards oxygen conversion.
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Ruoshui Road 398, Suzhou 215123, China. zgzhao2011@sinano.ac.cn
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yinyin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Yuyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qing-Wen
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D010710:Phosphates; D014867:Water; D003035:Cobalt; D006108:Graphite; D010100:Oxygen