• 文献标题:   Metal Single-Site Molecular Complex-MXene Heteroelectrocatalysts Interspersed Graphene Nanonetwork for Efficient Dual-Task of Water Splitting and Metal-Air Batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NGUYEN TH, TRAN PKL, DINH V, TRAN DT, KIM NH, LEE JH
  • 作者关键词:   carbide mxene, graphene nanonetwork, metalair batterie, molecular complex, overall water splitting, trifunctional electrocatalyst
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202210101 EA DEC 2022
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Development of multifunctional electrocatalysts with high efficiency and stability is of great interest in recent energy conversion technologies. Herein, a novel heteroelectrocatalyst of molecular iron complex (Fe-MC)-carbide MXene (Mo2TiC2Tx) uniformly embedded in a 3D graphene-based hierarchical network (GrH) is rationally designed. The coexistence of Fe-MC and MXene with their unique interactions triggers optimum electronic properties, rich multiple active sites, and favorite free adsorption energy for excellent trifunctional catalytic activities. Meanwhile, the highly porous GrH effectively promotes a multichannel architecture for charge transfer and gas/ion diffusion to improve stability. Therefore, the Fe-MC-MXene/GrH results in superb performances towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline medium. The practical tests indicate that Zn/Al-air batteries derived from Fe-MC-MXene/GrH cathodic electrodes produce high power densities of 165.6 and 172.7 mW cm(-2), respectively. Impressively, the liquid-state Zn-air battery delivers excellent cycling stability of over 1100 h. In addition, the alkaline water electrolyzer induces a low cell voltage of 1.55 V at 10 mA cm(-2) and 1.86 V at 0.4 A cm(-2) in 30 wt.% KOH at 80 degrees C, surpassing recent reports. The achievements suggest an exciting multifunctional electrocatalyst for electrochemical energy applications.