• 文献标题:   Graphite N-C-P dominated three-dimensional nitrogen and phosphorus co-doped holey graphene foams as high-efficiency electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GE LP, WANG D, YANG PX, XU H, XIAO LH, ZHANG GX, LU XY, DUAN ZZ, MENG F, ZHANG JQ, AN MZ
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1039/c9nr04696h
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The search for metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) in energy storage and conversion devices, such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries, is highly desirable but challenging. Here, we have designed and synthesized controllable 3D nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped holey graphene foams (N,P-HGFs) as a high-efficiency ORR catalyst through structural regulation and electronic engineering. The obtained catalyst shows a half-wave potential of 0.865 V in alkaline electrolytes. It is found that Zn-air batteries with the N,P-HGFs-1000 air electrode exhibit excellent discharge performance and durability. Our study suggests that the remarkable ORR performance of N,P co-doped graphene is mainly due to the graphite N-C-P structure, where an enhanced charge density and increased HOMO energy level are confirmed by both experimental results and theoretical density-functional theory calculations.