• 文献标题:   S-Doped hierarchical graphene decorated with Co-porphyrins as an efficient electrocatalyst for zinc-air batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PENG ZJ, ZHAO J, GU L, SUN XL, JIA HL, GUAN MY, MA SS
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  • 出版物名称:   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   1144-0546 EI 1369-9261
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiangsu Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/d0nj03443f
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important cathode reaction of fuel cells, metal-air batteries, water-splitting and other devices; however, the reaction kinetics is very slow, and thus the development of high-performance electrocatalysts has been one of the key research directions. In this work, we doped graphene with S element and the results of EDS mapping and XPS showed that the S-doping was successful. In addition, the doping process also faciltated graphene changing from the original chip to a thinner hierarchical structure. Combined with the macrocyclic porphyrin with rich Co-N(4)active sites, the highly dispersed cobalt porphyrin greatly improved the catalytic performance. The high-performance ORR catalyst Por/S/rGO was prepared by S-doping and compositing with cobalt porphyrin, and was applied as a catalyst to the zinc-air battery. Electrochemical tests showed that Por/S/rGO had high ORR activity, which was comparable to commercial Pt/C. The onset potential and half-wave potential of Por/S/rGO were 0.91 and 0.812 V, respectively. Moreover, Por/S/rGO showed better long-term stability and methanol tolerance. Compared with a Pt/C-based Zn-air battery, the Por/S/rGO-based Zn-air battery displayed a higher galvanostatic discharge capacity as well as a desirable stability in 6 M KOH and 0.2 M Zn(OAc)(2)alkaline electrolyte. The enhanced ORR activity of Por/S/rGO was attributed to the rich and highly dispersed Co-N(4)active sites derived from the macrocyclic porphyrin and S-doping strategy.