• 文献标题:   Graphite Nanoarrays-Confined Fe and Co Single-Atoms within Graphene Sponges as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Ultralong Lasting Zinc-Air Battery
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN C, LI YF, CHENG D, HE H, ZHOU KB
  • 作者关键词:   singleatom, oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst, long lifetime, zincair battery
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.0c12801
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The inferior stability of bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts in the air cathode is one of the main obstacles that impedes the commercialization of zinc-air batteries (ZABs). This work describes a self-assembly technique combined with subsequent calcination to prepare a bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst of graphite nanoarrays-confined Fe and Co single-atoms within graphene sponges (FeCo-NGS). Specifically, graphene sponges overspread with graphite nanoarrays as a structure regulation, which can prevent the metal single-atoms from aggregating and accelerate the mass/electron transfer, provides a guarantee for the long-term operation. Furthermore, M-N-4 (M = Fe/Co) as the intrinsic activity regulation can effectively drive the heterogeneous oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic processes. Thanks to the rationally designed regulations, FeCo-NGS shows both extraordinary electrocatalytic activity for ORR and OER, even outperforming commercial Pt/C and IrO2. Remarkably, ZABs with FeCo-NGS air cathode demonstrate a record-breaking cycle lifetime of more than 1500 h (over 9000 cycles) at 10 mA cm(-2) with a small charge-discharge gap.