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Article

Surface Reconstruction of Cobalt-Based Polyoxometalate and CNT Fiber Composite for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

by
Irsa Tariq
1,†,
Muhammad Adeel Asghar
1,†,
Abid Ali
2,*,
Amin Badshah
1,3,
Syed Mustansar Abbas
4,
Waheed Iqbal
1,
Muhammad Zubair
1,
Ali Haider
1,3,* and
Shahid Zaman
5,*
1
Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
2
Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
3
Pakistan Academy of Science, 3-Constitution Avenue Sector G-5/2, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
4
Nanoscience and Technology Department, National Centre for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
5
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Catalysts 2022, 12(10), 1242; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12101242
Submission received: 18 September 2022 / Revised: 7 October 2022 / Accepted: 13 October 2022 / Published: 15 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Graphene/Nanocomposites for Catalytic Applications)
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Abstract

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Polyoxometalates (POMs), as carbon-free metal-oxo-clusters with unique structural properties, are emerging water-splitting electrocatalysts. Herein, we explore the development of cobalt-containing polyoxometalate immobilized over the carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF) (Co4POM@CNTF) towards efficient electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER). CNTF serves as an excellent electron mediator and highly conductive support, while the self-activation of the part of Co4POM through restructuring in basic media generates cobalt oxides and/or hydroxides that serve as catalytic sites for OER. A modified electrode fabricated through the drop-casting method followed by thermal treatment showed higher OER activity and enhanced stability in alkaline media. Furthermore, advanced physical characterization and electrochemical results demonstrate efficient charge transfer kinetics and high OER performance in terms of low overpotential, small Tafel slope, and good stability over an extended reaction time. The significantly high activity and stability achieved can be ascribed to the efficient electron transfer and highly electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of the self-activated electrocatalyst immobilized over the highly conductive CNTF. This research is expected to pave the way for developing POM-based electrocatalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis.

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1. Introduction

The production of renewable and clean energy is one of the most critical issues of the modern sustainable society. Therefore, the development of green and sustainable energy science by means of energy conversion and storage technologies is of utmost importance [1,2,3,4,5]. Water is the essential renewable energy source that has the potential to meet current energy needs by producing hydrogen as green fuel through photochemical, electrochemical, or photoelectrochemical processes [6,7]. In electrochemical water splitting, water electrolysis generates hydrogen and oxygen at the cathode and anode, respectively. Water oxidation into molecular oxygen is a more challenging half reaction due to the four-proton and four-electron transfer multistep process as opposed to the two-electron and two-proton hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) [8]. Therefore, there is a need to develop efficient water oxidation electrocatalysts to overcome their sluggish kinetics and large overpotential [9].
Rare earth metal-oxide-based electrocatalysts, such as ruthenium and iridium oxides, demonstrated high water oxidation efficiency in both acidic and basic environments [10]. However, their scarcity and high cost prevent their usage on a commercial basis. Over the past few years, Earth-abundant transition metal oxides [11,12,13,14], phosphides and sulfides [15,16], selenides [17], perovskites [18], olivines [19], hydro(oxy)oxides [20,21] and chalcogenides [22] have been promising photochemical and electrochemical water oxidation catalysts.
Polyoxometalates (POMs), also known as polyoxoanions, are polynuclear oxo-bridged anionic clusters of early transition metals in their highest oxidation states, and exhibit a wide range of structural and compositional characteristics [23]. They are used extensively in catalysis, medicine, electrochemistry, photochromism, and magnetism [24]. In 2008, the noble metal-based POM, i.e., [Ru4O4(OH)2(H2O)4(SiW10O36)2]10− was independently the first example of an efficient water oxidation catalyst by the group of Bonchio [25] and Hill [26]. Soon after the demonstration of Ru-based POM, research was further extended towards cheap metals-based electrocatalysts [27,28,29]. Of all known POM-based frameworks, the tetracobalt(II)-containing Weakly dimer, i.e., [Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]10− (Co4), which was identified by Weakly in 1973 [30], is widely used as electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) [31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46]. In 2011, Stracke et al. reported the same catalyst for water oxidation and indicated that the dominant water oxidation catalyst was heterogeneous CoOx rather than homogenous Co4 in basic media [33]. Later, in 2013, Vickers et al. confirmed that Co4-POM is a true molecular water oxidation catalyst by differentiating homogenous and heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts [36]. Till now, POM immobilized over different substrates was utilized as an electrocatalyst for OER activity due to its reversible stepwise multielectron transfer ability [28,46]. Furthermore, photo- and electrocatalytic performance was investigated and understood at the molecular level for POMs immobilized over conducting materials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and graphitic carbon nitride (gC3N4), which reveals changes in the electrical structure of the cluster and some cases of self-activation through the restructuring that takes place depending upon the pH of the medium [31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47].
Carbon nanotube fibers (CNTFs) are an essential class of conducting materials composed of arrays of CNTs aligned in one dimension [48,49]. These are quasi-one-dimensional assemblies having unique characteristics such as high stiffness and tensile strength, low weight, excellent mechanical and electrical properties, high chemical resistance, high aspect ratio with low defects, self-lubrication and corrosion resistance, high-temperature tolerance, and high electrical conductivity [48,49]. CNTF improves electrical conductivity by increasing the charge carrier density in a fibrous carbon conjugated system.
Motivated by the electrocatalytic activity of Co4-POMs, and the exceptional properties, including excellent mechanical and electrical, high chemical resistance, and high surface area of CNTFs, we present a 4-Co(II)-based tungstophosphate immobilized on CNTF (Co4POM@CNTF) as an efficient water oxidation catalyst in alkaline medium. Self-activated electrocatalyst showed efficient activity for water oxidation with a low overpotential of 323 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 and Tafel slope of 69 mV dec−1. Chronoamperometry over an extended time showed the stability and robustness of the self-activated Co4POM@CNTF.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1. Characterization

The morphological features of bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF were investigated through SEM analysis. Figure 1a,b show the SEM images of bare CNTF at different magnifications. The SEM images of Co4POM@CNTF show that Co4POM was uniformly distributed on the surface of CNTFs (Figure 1c,d).
Furthermore, Co4POM@CNTF was characterized through energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy to identify its elemental composition. Figure 2a shows that cobalt (Co), tungsten (W), phosphorus (P), oxygen (O), potassium (K) and sodium (Na) were all present in the modified electrode that stemmed from Co4POM. A peak observed in the range from 0.1 to 0.2 keV was assigned to carbon, which is attributed to the CNTF substrate. The peak between 6.2 and 6.6 keV was of iron (Fe) and arose because of the iron catalyst used for the synthesis of CNTF through chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method [50]. Figure 2b illustrates the EDX-layered image depicting that all the components (colored dots) of Co4POM were uniformly spread throughout the surface of CNTF. Furthermore, elemental mapping supported the presence of the corresponding elements in the fabricated electrode (see Figure 2c).
The redox behavior of Co4POM as a heterogeneous catalyst was examined and compared with that of bare CNTF. This further supports the successful immobilization of POM over CNTF (See Figure S1).
The fabricated electrode was characterized through X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). Figure 3 shows that CNTF had an amorphous pattern, whereas that of Co4POM@CNTF had prominent peaks at 6°, 8°, and 12° 2θ values, which confirmed the deposition of Co4POM on the surface of CNTF. The peaks at 2θ values from 22° to 32° were not dominant due to the presence of the amorphous CNTF phase.

2.2. Water Oxidation Studies

Co4POM@CNTF was employed as a working electrode to examine its OER activity in a three-electrode system at pH 13.5 (0.1 M KOH). By comparing the LSV curves of bare CNTF with the POM-modified electrode (Figure 4a), OER activity was significantly increased by the immobilization of Co4POM over CNTF. Co4POM@CNTF demonstrated a remarkable increase in current density and significantly lower overpotential of 323 mV at anodic current density of 10 mA/cm2 compared to the bare CNTF, which required overpotential of 737 mV for the same anodic current density. The low overpotential exhibited by the Co4POM@CNTF can be attributed to the tubular shape of CNTF that provided a high surface area and more active sites. Moreover, the high current-carrying capability and ballistic electron transport of CNTF increased electrical conductivity and current density due to its uniform nanochannels, which are superior to most of the Co-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts in basic media (Table S1) [51,52].
The Tafel plots of bare CNTF and as-prepared catalyst were constructed from the LSV curves, as shown in Figure 4b, to better understand the OER kinetics. Compared to the bare CNTF having a Tafel slope value of 288 mV/dec, Co4POM@CNTF exhibited a Tafel slope value of 69 mV/dec, showing the enhanced reaction kinetics of the modified electrode. The faster rate of the multiple electron transfer process presented in Co4POM@CNTF complimented the modified electrode’s higher activity and current-carrying ability. The high activity of the modified electrode can be attributed to the self-activation of Co4POM through restructuring in basic media that generated cobalt oxide and hydroxide as catalytic sites for OER. This self-activation, as a result of the restructuring of POM, was discussed in detail by the group of Streb [45]. Figures S2 and S3 show a similar phenomenon that aligned with the group’s report. This was further supported by performing the UV–vis spectroscopy of Co4POM in different pH solutions (see Figure S4) [33]. In 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7), the absorption band at 582 nm depicted the presence of Co4POM. In 1 M H2SO4 (pH 1), Co4POM showed a slight hypsochromic shift due to protonation. On the other hand, in basic media (0.1 M KOH), Co4POM showed multiple peaks, where the absorption peak at 628 nm indicated the presence of cobalt oxide and the restructuring of Co4POM into CoOx. Furthermore, compared with the different classes of reported WOCs (Table S1), Co4POM@CNTF showed excellent OER activity regarding overpotential and Tafel slope.
Figure 4c depicts the cyclic voltammograms at different scan rates, i.e., from 50 to 250 mVs−1 in the non-Faradic region, to assess the ECSA of bare and Co4POM-modified electrodes. The plot of anodic current versus scan rate at a potential from 0 to 0.1 V versus RHE, as illustrated in Figure 4d, yielded a straight line where the slope obtained with linear fitting showed the double-layer capacitance (Cdl) of the respective electrodes. By comparing the Cdl value of the bare CNTF with that of Co4POM@CNTF, Co4POM@CNTF had a higher Cdl value of 0.9 mF owing to the higher surface area and thereby more active sites, resulting in higher efficiency. ECSA was calculated by applying Equation (1).
ECSA = Cdl/Cs,
where Cs represents the specific capacitance of the monolayer, and its value of 0.04 mF cm−2 was used for the calculation of ECSA [47]. ECSA is directly related to Cdl; the higher the Cdl is, the higher the ECSA. Similarly, the roughness factor (Rf) is another surface characteristic and an important parameter for the electrocatalytic activity of the electrode material, and can be calculated with the ratio of ECSA and the geometric area of the electrode (equation given in Supplementary Materials.). The higher ECSA (22.5 cm2) and Rf (402) calculated for Co4POM@CNTF than those for the bare CNTF (0.45 cm2 and 8) confirm its improved electrochemical OER activity (see Table 1).
To further understand the electrocatalytic activity of the catalyst, electrochemical impedance was performed to investigate the electron transport kinetics in bare and Co4POM-modified CNTF electrodes. EIS was recorded in a frequency range from 0.1 to 105 Hz at a small AC amplitude of 5 mV. The Nyquist plot obtained with EIS presents the criterion for the efficient electrocatalyst having small charge transfer resistance in terms of the smaller diameter of the semicircle in the high-frequency region. In Figure 5a, the Nyquist plot of the real and imaginary components reveals that, for Co4POM@CNTF, the semicircle had a smaller diameter than that of the bare CNTF owing to the smaller charge transfer resistance (Rct) from the electrode. The calculated value for Rct for Co4POM@CNTF was 2.533 kOhm, while that of the bare CNTF was 24.9 kOhm. This shows that, during OER, electron transport in the modified electrode is faster than that in the bare CNTF. This can be explained on the basis of the strong electrostatic interactions between CNTF and Co4POM that boosted the transfer rates of electrons and thereby sped up electrocatalytic activity. These findings suggest that the synergistic effect of CNTF and Co4POM contributed to the high electrocatalytic activity of the modified electrode towards OER.
Chronoamperometry was performed at 1.55 V vs. RHE for 24 h to examine the stability and robustness of Co4POM@CNTF under constant oxygen production. Throughout the potentiostatic measurements, H2 and O2 bubbles continuously escaped out of the anode and cathode [53,54], respectively, and the catalyst generated current density of nearly 10 mA cm−2 without any appreciable loss in activity (Figure 5b). On the basis of the chronoamperometric stability test, Co4POM-modified electrode is a potential candidate electrocatalyst for OER that is stable for several hours.
Finding the Faradaic efficiency (FE) is an important experiment to support the catalyst’s ability to produce oxygen during OER. FE is calculated by comparing the experimental and theoretical oxygen production during controlled-potential electrolysis (CPE). The CPE test was performed for 3000 s at 1.55 V against RHE in a 0.1 M KOH solution. To determine the experimentally calculated oxygen production, an oxygen probe of a dissolved oxygen (DO) meter was inserted into a gas-tight anodic portion during electrocatalytic activity. The theoretical yield of O2 for a four-electron process was calculated using the charge built up during the electrochemical reaction (see Figure S5). On the basis of theoretical and actual yield calculations, the FE was approximately 94.9%.
Equations (2)–(5) represent the most likely mechanism of half reaction of water splitting as OER:
[Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx * + OH− [Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–HO * + e−
[Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–OH * + OH− [Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–O * + H2O + e−
[Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–O * + OH− [Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–OOH * + e−
[Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx–OOH * + OH− [Co4POM@CNTF]/CoOx * + O2 + H2O + e−
The proposed mechanism illustrates that the hydroxyl species (OH−) from water became attached to the catalyst by removing an electron to generate (Co4POM@CNTF)/CoOx-OH *, which was then combined with another OH− to form oxospecies as surface-active sites. These active sites captured more OH− ions to generate a hydroperoxide intermediate. Lastly, hydroperoxides produced O2 molecules by reacting with OH− in the solution. This is in line with the reports in the literature [55,56]. Table S1 shows the electrocatalytic activity of recently reported electrocatalysts, where it is evident that Co4POM@CNTF showed appreciable electrocatalytic OER activity in comparison with that of other recently reported catalysts.

3. Experimental

3.1. Materials

The used chemicals were sodium tungstate dihydrate (Na2WO4·2H2O), glacial acetic acid (CH3COOH), cobalt acetate tetrahydrate (Co(CH3COO)2·4H2O), disodium hydrogen phosphate heptahydrate (Na2HPO4·7H2O), sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium hydroxide (KOH), potassium chloride (KCl), and ethanol (C2H5OH). All these chemicals were purchased from Sigma Aldrich and utilized without further purification.

3.2. Synthesis of Na10[Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2] (Co4POM)

Co4POM was synthesized according to the procedure modified by Hill and coworkers [31], and was confirmed with FT-IR spectroscopy (see Figure S6). Briefly, 16.5 g of Na2WO4·2H2O, 1.50 g Na2HPO4·7H2O, and 3.2 g Co(CH3COO)2 were dissolved in 50 mL of distilled water, and the pH of this solution was adjusted to 7.8 with the addition of CH3COOH. After that, the solution mixture was refluxed at 100 °C for 2 h, resulting in a dark purple solution. The solution was then saturated with NaCl and allowed to cool to room temperature. The obtained purple crystals were collected and recrystallized in hot water.

3.3. Electrode Fabrication

CNTF about 2.5 cm long was fixed onto a glass slide by binding both its ends with Teflon tape. A concentrated POM solution was drop-casted thrice onto CNTF with one hand, and the glass plate was dried in an oven at 70 °C. The fabricated electrode was then thermally treated at 120 °C for 72 h in a furnace followed by washing with water [57]. Lastly, the Teflon tape was removed from one end, which was sealed with conducting silver paste to produce the electrode connection. Figure 6 depicts electrode fabrication by drop casting.

3.4. Electrochemical Studies

The steady-state electrochemical measurements were carried out using a three-electrode setup at room temperature in a 0.1 M KOH solution (pH 13.5) as an electrolyte. The used working electrode was the modified CNTF (0.056 cm2 surface area; calculations are in SI), whereas the reference and counter electrodes were an Ag/AgCl and platinum sheet electrode (2 × 6 mm), respectively. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) tests were performed on a Gamry Interface 1010E potentiostat/galvanostat. All the measured potential values were converted into reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) using the Nernst equation (E vs. RHE = 0.197 + EAg/AgCl + 0.0591 × pH) and were iR-compensated. LSV was performed at a scan rate of 10 mV/s; to calculate the electrochemical surface area (ECSA), CV scans were performed at a scan rate from 50 to 250 mV/s in the non-Faradaic region. The chronoamperometric response was measured at 1.55 V vs. RHE for 24 h in an O2-saturated KOH solution for the stability tests. The EIS was performed in the frequency range of 0.1–105 Hz at a small AC signal of 5 mV.

4. Conclusions

In conclusion, we reported ws preparation of Co4POM@CNTF via the drop-casting method followed by thermal treatment. The OER performance of the prepared electrocatalyst was improved significantly, in which CNTF served as an excellent electron mediator, while self-activated Co4POM provided the catalytic sites. It exhibited low overpotential value, i.e., 323 mV, and faster kinetics for OER catalysis in terms of a smaller Tafel slope. The improvement in electrocatalytic performance may also be attributed to the increase in the high surface area of the catalyst; this was suggested by high ECSA to lead to high RF, providing more active sites. In a nutshell, the fabrication of POM over CNTF provides an efficient heterogeneous electrocatalyst with superior properties such as high activity, high surface area, and electron transfer ability for OER- and energy-related applications.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/catal12101242/s1. Figure S1: CV curves of bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1 M KOH at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1; Figure S2: postcatalytic SEM images of Co4POM@CNTF at (a) higher and (b) lower magnification; Figure S3: EDX spectrum of CO4POM@CNTF after chronoamperometric stability test. Figure S4: UV–vis spectra of Co4POM in different pH aqueous solutions; Figure S5: Faradic efficiency of Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1M KOH at 1.55 V against RHE; Figure S6: FT–IR spectrum of synthesized Co4POM. Table S1: comparative OER performance of Co-based heterogenous electrocatalysts in basic media. Equations: calculations of surface area of CNTF and RF. [45,47,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66]

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.A. and A.H.; methodology, I.T., M.A.A. and A.A.; software, A.H.; validation, A.B. and A.H.; formal Analysis, S.M.A., W.I. and M.Z.; investigation, I.T., M.A.A., A.A., S.M.A. and A.H.; resources, A.B. and A.H.; data curation, A.H.; writing—original draft preparation, I.T., M.A.A., and A.A.; writing—review and editing, A.H. and S.Z.; visualization, I.T., M.A.A., A.A., S.Z. and A.H.; supervision, A.B. and A.H.; project administration, A.H.; funding acquisition, A.B. and A.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research project was funded by PAS (2021-23) and HEC (20-14419/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2021).

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study is available in Supplementary Material.

Acknowledgments

We are thankful to the Huisheng Peng group for providing CNT arrays. A.H. and A.B. are thankful to PAS for the financial support. A.H. is also thankful to HEC (20-14419/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2021) for the research project support.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1. SEM images of (a,b) bare CNTF and (c,d) Co4POM@CNTF at different magnifications.
Figure 1. SEM images of (a,b) bare CNTF and (c,d) Co4POM@CNTF at different magnifications.
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Figure 2. (a) EDX spectrum before catalytic activity, (b) elemental mapping layered image and (c) individual elements in Co4POM@CNTF.
Figure 2. (a) EDX spectrum before catalytic activity, (b) elemental mapping layered image and (c) individual elements in Co4POM@CNTF.
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Figure 3. Overlaid XRD spectra of Co4POM@CNTF and bare CNTF.
Figure 3. Overlaid XRD spectra of Co4POM@CNTF and bare CNTF.
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Figure 4. (a) LSV curves for CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1 M KOH at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1; (b) Tafel plots for bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF; (c) cyclic voltammograms for Co4POM@CNTF at various scan rates from 50–250 mV/s; (d) scan rate versus current plots for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF.
Figure 4. (a) LSV curves for CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1 M KOH at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1; (b) Tafel plots for bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF; (c) cyclic voltammograms for Co4POM@CNTF at various scan rates from 50–250 mV/s; (d) scan rate versus current plots for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF.
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Figure 5. (a) Nyquist plot for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF; (b) stability test for Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1 M KOH for 24 h at 1.55 V versus RHE.
Figure 5. (a) Nyquist plot for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF; (b) stability test for Co4POM@CNTF in 0.1 M KOH for 24 h at 1.55 V versus RHE.
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Figure 6. Schematic illustration of electrode fabrication by drop casting.
Figure 6. Schematic illustration of electrode fabrication by drop casting.
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Table
Table 1. Comparison of electrochemical parameters calculated for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF in alkaline media.
Table 1. Comparison of electrochemical parameters calculated for the bare CNTF and Co4POM@CNTF in alkaline media.
Electrocatalystsη at 10 mA/cm2 (mV)Tafel Slope (mV dec−1)Cdl
(mF)		ECSA
(cm2)		Rf
Bare CNTF7372880.0180.458
Co4POM@CNTF323690.922.5402
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