“…The isotherms of both samples show a typical type-IV characteristic, with H2 hysteresis loop associated with the mesoporous structure having strong interconnection (ink-bottle pores)[47]. This result clarifies that the H2-type hysteresis loop is relevant to cobalt oxides nanorods with nearly cylindrical channels[48]. The average pore diameters are 3.62 and 4.07 nm of CoO x /RGO and CoO x /CeO 2 /RGO samples, respectively, see inset in Fig.5(a).…”