Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction of TiO2 Nanotubes by Combining Surface Oxygen Vacancy Engineering and Zr Do**
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Section
2.2. Fabrication of TNT Arrays
2.3. Fabrication of Zr:TNT Electrodes
2.4. Characterization of Electrodes
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Crystalline Properties of Zr:TNT Arrays
3.2. Morphological Features of Zr:TNT Arrays
3.3. Electrochemical Performance of TNT Arrays
3.3.1. Electrochemical Performance of TNT Arrays without Zr Do**
3.3.2. Electrochemical Performances of Zr-Doped TNT Arrays
3.3.3. Effect of Oxygen Concentration on the Reduction Peaks in Vacuum-Annealed Zr-Doped TNT Arrays
3.3.4. EIS Measurements
3.3.5. Mechanisms of ORR Enhancement
3.3.6. ORR Catalytic Stability
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Shaddad, M.N.; Arunachalam, P.; Hezam, M.S.; Aladeemy, S.A.; Aljaafreh, M.J.; Abu Alrub, S.; Al-Mayouf, A.M. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction of TiO2 Nanotubes by Combining Surface Oxygen Vacancy Engineering and Zr Do**. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14040366
Shaddad MN, Arunachalam P, Hezam MS, Aladeemy SA, Aljaafreh MJ, Abu Alrub S, Al-Mayouf AM. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction of TiO2 Nanotubes by Combining Surface Oxygen Vacancy Engineering and Zr Do**. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(4):366. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14040366
Chicago/Turabian StyleShaddad, Maged N., Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Mahmoud S. Hezam, Saba A. Aladeemy, Mamduh J. Aljaafreh, Sharif Abu Alrub, and Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf. 2024. "Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction of TiO2 Nanotubes by Combining Surface Oxygen Vacancy Engineering and Zr Do**" Nanomaterials 14, no. 4: 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14040366