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

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, October 2017
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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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Scientific Reports, October 2017
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-13333-z
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Friedrich Waag, Bilal Gökce, Chakrapani Kalapu, Georg Bendt, Soma Salamon, Joachim Landers, Ulrich Hagemann, Markus Heidelmann, Stephan Schulz, Heiko Wende, Nils Hartmann, Malte Behrens, Stephan Barcikowski

Abstract

Highly active, structurally disordered CoFe2O4/CoO electrocatalysts are synthesized by pulsed laser fragmentation in liquid (PLFL) of a commercial CoFe2O4 powder dispersed in water. A partial transformation of the CoFe2O4 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 CoFe2O4. 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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Unknown 37 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Researcher 4 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 8%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 8 22%
Materials Science 6 16%
Physics and Astronomy 4 11%
Engineering 4 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 27%
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#16,504,725
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#84,064
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#209,475
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