Activation of 2D cobalt hydroxide with 0D cobalt oxide decoration for microplastics degradation and hydrogen evolution

R.G., F.T., and W.C. acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 101002219). S.E. and M.D. acknowledge the EPSRC grant EP/S030727/1 for financial support. Authors gratefully acknowledge the Center of Materials Analysis (CMA), University of Oulu and Biocenter, University of Oulu, for the characterization techniques and LC-MS analysis. R.G. acknowledges Javier Fernández-Catalá and Romain Botella for the useful discussions during the sample optimization. We acknowledge MAX IV Laboratory for time on Beamline [MAXPEEM] under Proposal [20210172]. Research conducted at MAX IV, a Swedish national user facility, is supported by the Swedish Research council under contract 2018-07152, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems under contract 2018-04969, and Formas under contract 2019-02496.

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Authors gratefully acknowledge the Center of Materials Analysis (CMA), University of Oulu and Biocenter, University of Oulu, for the characterization techniques and LC-MS analysis.