• 文献标题:   Atomic Ni and Cu co-anchored 3D nanoporous graphene as an efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for zinc-air batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHENG YT, WU HF, HAN JH, ZHONG SY, HUANG SH, CHU SF, SONG SX, REDDY KM, WANG XD, WU SY, ZHUANG XD, JOHNSON I, LIU P, CHEN MW
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
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  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1039/d1nr01612a EA MAY 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Highly active, cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are critically important for renewable energy conversion and storage. Here we report a 3D bicontinuous nitrogen doped nanoporous graphene electrocatalyst co-anchoring with atomically dispersed nickel and copper atoms ((Ni,Cu)-NG) as a highly active single-atom ORR catalyst, fabricated by the combination of chemical vapor deposition and high temperature gas transportation. The resultant (Ni,Cu)-NG exhibits an exceptional ORR activity in alkaline electrolytes, comparable to the Pt-based benchmarks, from the synergistic effect of the CuNx and NiNx complexes. Endowed with high catalytic activity and outstanding durability under harsh electrochemical environments, rechargeable zinc-air batteries using (Ni,Cu)-NG as the cathodes show excellent energy efficiency (voltage gap of 0.74 V), large power density (150.6 mW cm(-2) at 250 mA cm(-2)) and high cycling stability (>500 discharge-charge cycles at 10 mA cm(-2)). This study may pave an efficient avenue for designing highly durable single-atom ORR catalysts for metal-air batteries.