Synthesis of Nanoporous Ni-Co Mixed Oxides by Thermal Decomposition of Metal-Cyanide Coordination Polymers

Mohamed B Zakaria; Ming Hu; Malay Pramanik; Cuiling Li; Jing Tang; Ali Aldalbahi; Saad M Alshehri; Victor Malgras; Yusuke Yamauchi

doi:10.1002/asia.201500245

Synthesis of Nanoporous Ni-Co Mixed Oxides by Thermal Decomposition of Metal-Cyanide Coordination Polymers

Chem Asian J. 2015 Jul;10(7):1541-5. doi: 10.1002/asia.201500245. Epub 2015 May 12.

Authors

Mohamed B Zakaria^{1

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3}, Ming Hu¹, Malay Pramanik¹, Cuiling Li¹, Jing Tang¹, Ali Aldalbahi⁴, Saad M Alshehri⁴, Victor Malgras¹, Yusuke Yamauchi^{5

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Affiliations

¹ International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan.
² Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan.
³ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbeya, 31527, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan. [email protected].
⁶ Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan. [email protected].
⁷ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia. [email protected].

PMID: 25968597
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500245

Abstract

A straightforward strategy to prepare nanoporous metal oxides with well-defined shapes is highly desirable. Through thermal treatment and a proper selection of metal-cyanide coordination polymers, nanoporous nickel-cobalt mixed oxides with different shapes (i.e., flakes and cubes) can be easily prepared. Our nanoporous materials demonstrate high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction.

Keywords: coordination polymers; electrocatalytic activity; metal oxides; nanoporous materials; oxygen evolution reaction.