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A defect-driven atomically dispersed Fe–N–C electrocatalyst for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic activity in Zn–air batteries
- Source :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9:5556-5565
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021.
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Abstract
- This work proposes a strategy to synthesize N-doped defective carbon (NDC), followed by trapping the FePc precursor. After pyrolysis, the optimized Fe–N–NDC-1-900 exhibits robust anchoring ability to immobilize atomic Fe species with abundant Fe–N4 sites, demonstrating excellent electrocatalytic activity in both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR, E1/2 = 0.89 V, Eonset = 1.06 V) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER, E10 = 1.58 V). It also shows outstanding stability and delivers faster kinetics in oxygen electrocatalysis. Furthermore, the bifunctional Fe–N–NDC-1-900 is fabricated for a Zn–air battery, which demonstrates a high open-circuit voltage of 1.479 V, power density of 266 mW cm−2, specific capacity of 786 mA h gZn−1, and excellent reversibility with long-term cycling. DFT suggests that the high ORR activity is mainly ascribed to its high electronegativity and small energy barriers, produced by the adjacent pore defects and optimal charge redistribution.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Kinetics
Oxygen evolution
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Electrocatalyst
01 natural sciences
Oxygen
0104 chemical sciences
Electronegativity
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Chemical engineering
General Materials Science
0210 nano-technology
Bifunctional
Pyrolysis
Carbon
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20507496 and 20507488
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........606fb59ec314916f849d5ec7f620e1c5