Edge-Segregated Ternary Pd-Pt-Ni Spiral Nanosheets as High-Performance Bifunctional Oxygen Redox Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc−Air Batteries

Rational design of high-perfomance bifunctional electrocatalysts to simultaneously accelerate the sluggish reversible oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER) is an enormous challenge that restricts the working efficiency and...

Ultrafine Mo2C Nanoparticles Embedded in MOF Derived N and P co-doped Carbon Matrix for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Zinc-Air Batteries

Exploring high-activity electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great significance for a variety of renewable energy conversion and storage technologies. Here, ultrafine Mo2C nanoparticles assembled in N and...

Coordinated Co-NC/CoFe Dual Active Centre Embedded Three-dimensional Ordered Macroporous Framework as Bifunctional Catalyst for Efficient and Stable Zinc-Air Batteries

Developing efficient and stable multifunctional electrocatalyst is very important for zinc-air batteries in practical. Herein, semiconductive spinel CuFe2O4 supported Co-N co-doped carbon (Co-NC) and CoFe alloy nanoparticles were proposed. In this strategy, the three-dimensional ordered macroporous CuFe2O4 support provides rich channels for mass transmission, revealling good corrosion resistance and durability at the same time. ZIF-67 derived Co-NC decoration improves the conductivity of the catalyst. Further, the uniformlydistributed Co-NC and CoFe nanoparticles (C/CF) dramatically promote the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. Accordingly, C/CF@CuFe2O4 catalyst shows remarkable bifunctional electrocatalytic activity, with an ORR half-wave potential of 0.86 V, and an OER over-potential of 0.46 V at 10 mA cm-2. The zinc-air battery using this catalyst exhibits a power density of 95.5 mW cm-2 and a durable cyclability for over 170 h at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, which implies a great potential in practical application.