Spinal Cobalt Oxide will form Chlorate and Perchlorate but has not been used commercially AFAIK.
Cobalt forms a number of Oxides,
CoO Cobaltous Oxide (Cobalt II)
Co₂O₃ Cobaltic Oxide (Cobalt I)
Co₃O₄ Cobalt Oxide. This may be described as CoO:Co₂O₃. It has a Spinal (external link) structure and is conductive. Magnetite also has a related structure. It is the Oxide we are interested in for (Per)Chlorate making. This Oxide may also be described as CoO_1.333

Note if using Ti substrate:
Titanium does not permit films to be prepared at higher temperatures that 500C because the interface undergoes a sort of swelling and the over-layer becomes fragile and scales.
From J. Applied Electrochem 4 (1974) 57

Cobalt Oxide anode made as per US 3399966 using Cobalt Sulphate. The Cobalt Oxide was deposited on Ti substrate and also Ti substrate with a DTO coating. The anodes only lasted for some hours in a Perchlorate cell, longer in a Chlorate cell. This method of making Cobalt Oxide anodes was abandoned in favour of thermal methods.

An eight coat, 25% solution of Nitrate, Cobalt Oxide anode is shown below made by painting etched Ti with Cobalt Nitrate and baking. It was eroded away after 14 hours at initially 100mA/cm^2 and then 50mA/cm^2 in a Perchlorate cell (second picture). It appears that Cobalt Oxide anodes manufactured by thermal methods are not suitable for Perchlorate making.
Anodes and tests by Xenoid.

Co Oxide thermally prepared coatings are longer lasting in Chlorate cells. A 4 coat anode lasted approx. 8 days at 50mA per square cm. It is probably fair to assume that if this type of anode is used in a Chlorate cell with a low concentration of Chloride in it, it will not last long.
The Cobalt Oxide anode has been used for Chlorine production in the patents for over 500 days.
Co Oxide may be useful as an easily prepared interface coating on Ti with another active coating on top (LD, MnO2, etc).

Various cobalt oxide spinels coated onto electrically-conductive substrates, especially for use as anodes in brine electrolysis, are known. Of particular relevancy are U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,977,958; 4,061,549; and 4,142,005; all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Also of various degrees of relevancy are U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,073,873; 3,711,382; 3,711,397; 4,028,215; 4,040,939; 3,706,644; 3,528,857; 3,689,384; 3,773,555; 3,103,484; 3,775,284; 3,773,554; 3,632,498; and 3,663,280.

EXAMPLE II

A piece of ASTM Grade 1 titanium expanded mesh approximately 3".times.3".times.0.063" (7.62.times.7.62.times.0.16 cm) was dipped in 1,1,1-trichloroethane, air dried, dipped in HF-HNO<3 etching solution approximately 30 seconds, rinsed with deionized water, and air dried. The mesh was blasted with Al₂ O₃ grit to a uniform rough surface and blown clean with air. An interface coating precursor solution was prepared as follows: 1.30 g of InCl₃4H₂ O and 0.009 g SbCl₃ were dissolved in 3.2 g concentrated reagent HCl and 20.5 g technical isopropyl alcohol. An active spinel coating precursor, Solution (C), was prepared by mixing appropriate quantities of Co(NO₃)₂.6H₂ O, Zn(NO₃)₂.6H₂ O, aqueous ZrO(NO₃)₂ solution, and deionized H₂ O to give a mole ratio of 10 Co:5 Zn:1 Zr.
The specimen was brushed with the interface solution, baked in a 400.degree. C. convection oven for about ten minutes, removed, and cooled in air about ten minutes. The specimen was then given twelve coats of spinel. Each coat was applied by brushing with spinel coating precursor, baking at 400.degree. C. ten minutes, removed from the oven, and cooling in air about ten minutes. After the twelfth spinel coat had been baked the anode was given a final bake at 375.degree. C. for about one hour.
The anode was placed in a diaphragm chlorine cell as described above and operated for over 1.5 years. The cell was shut down from time-to-time for measurement of the anode potential in the laboratory cell, also described above. The potential of the anode at 0.5 ampere per square inch (6.45 cm²) apparent current density and 70.degree. C., measured versus saturated calomel at 30.degree. C., was 1082 mv prior to start-up, 1104 mv after 0.15 yr. operation, and 1093 mv after 1.5 yr. operation. It thus demonstrated stable operation in long-term service as a chlorine anode.

Snip from US H000544
The patent is worth reading in full

The general procedure for making the cobalt oxide anode used in the comparative experiment above is as follows. Cylindrical titanium rods, approximately 1" long.times.1/4 diameter (2.54.times.0.64 cm) are dipped in 1,1,1-trichloroethane, air dried, rinsed in deionized H₂ O, placed in 1:1 HCl solution for 15 minutes, rinsed in deionized H₂ O, and air dried. An interface coating precursor solution is prepared as follows:
2.96 g of In(NO₃)₃ is dissolved in 6.10 g 70% reagent HNO₃ and 50.0 g technical isopropyl alcohol;
A cobalt spinel coating precursor is prepared by mixing appropriate quantities of Co(NO₃)₂.6H₂ O, Zn(NO₃)₂.6H₂ O, aqueous ZrO(NO₃)₂ solution, and deionized H₂ O to give a mole ratio of 10 Co:5Zn:1Zr.

Then, the rods are dipped in the interface solution, baked in a 375.degree. C. convection oven for about ten minutes, removed, and cooled in air about ten minutes.
The rods are then given six coats of cobalt spinel. Each coat is applied by dipping in spinel coating precursor, baking at 375.degree. C. ten minutes, removing from the oven, and cooling in air about ten minutes. After the sixth spinel coat has been applied the rods are given a final bake at 375.degree. C. for about one hour.

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