Carbon nanotubes cross-linked Fe/Fe3C Nanoparticles and Fe Single Atoms as High-efficiency Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries
Zhiwen Xu, Lanlu Lu, Weiwei Chen, Fei Yang, Guimei Liu, Yan Sun, Xiaoyi Qiu, M. Danny Gu, Ping Gao, Dong Su, Minhua Shao
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Abstract
Although zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have made great progress in recent years, there still a great challenge to develop low-cost bifunctional electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity and stability. Herein, we report a bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst consisting of ZIF-derived carbon-anchored Fe/Fe3C nanoparticles and Fe single atoms, which are crosslinked by carbon nanotubes (denoted as CNT@Fe/Fe3C||FeNC). Benefiting from the synergetic effect of Fe/Fe3C nanoparticles, Fe-N4 active sites, and the 3D interpenetrating network structure, CNT@Fe/Fe3C||FeNC shows excellent bifunctional catalytic activities with a low ΔE of 0.671 V. Furthermore, the assembled rechargeable ZAB demonstrates a high peak power density of 187 mW cm–2 and shows excellent cycling stability up to 600 h. This work provides new ideas for constructing non-precious metal bifunctional catalysts for practical applications in ZABs.
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Electrochimica Acta is an international journal. It is intended for the publication of both original work and reviews in the field of electrochemistry. Electrochemistry should be interpreted to mean any of the research fields covered by the Divisions of the International Society of Electrochemistry listed below, as well as emerging scientific domains covered by ISE New Topics Committee.