21:I[432972,["/_next/static/chunks/bb923814e1f4d2e9.js","/_next/static/chunks/dd3ee9f5b7716ca6.js","/_next/static/chunks/4204a0ae82542ca8.js","/_next/static/chunks/30036bedc5269936.js","/_next/static/chunks/6e1aa89a642f40be.js","/_next/static/chunks/cd5e572bc3e4eb92.js","/_next/static/chunks/8ffd0b71567920d8.js","/_next/static/chunks/67ea6dfd21f16c5f.js","/_next/static/chunks/24eb4379f68013fd.js","/_next/static/chunks/b8cd775ffdf935bd.js","/_next/static/chunks/983103cd9eb7b428.js","/_next/static/chunks/d4ac9dcf27f6ff52.js","/_next/static/chunks/294b9525248c8e5f.js"],"default"] 22:T4c2,Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with sluggish kinetics is the rate-determining step of water splitting, which dominates the solar-to-hydrogen fuel conversion efficiency. Herein, we constructed an oxygen vacancy-rich and highly reactive (222) facet in Co₃O₄ nanocrystals anchored on carbon nitride nanofiber (CNF) by a solvothermal reduction method. The resulting Co₃O₄ nanocrystals/CNF (COCNF) demonstrated a dramatically enhanced OER with a rate of 24.9 μmol/h under visible light, which is 124 times higher than that of CNF. This excellent catalytic activity of COCNF is based on a synergistic effect between its binary components for charge separation, oxygen vacancies for enhanced conductivity, and facet (222) exposure of Co₃O₄ nanocrystals for improved heterogeneous kinetics. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed the water oxidation mechanism at different facets and found that the formed oxygen vacancies lead to a reduction of the materials' bandgap. The correlation between Co₃O₄ crystal facets and the inherent OER catalytic activities under acidic solution was in the order of (222) > (220) > (311).

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