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Doping-modulated strain control of bifunctional electrocatalysis for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee01271a· OSTI ID:1828860
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  1. Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
  2. Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)
  3. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States)
  4. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
  5. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  7. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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Changes in the local atomic arrangement in a crystal caused by lattice-mismatch-induced strain can efficiently regulate the performance of electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries (ZABs) in many manners, mainly due to modulated electronic structure configurations that affect the adsorption energies for oxygen-intermediates formed during oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER). However, the application of strain engineering in electrocatalysis has been limited by the strain relaxation caused by structural instability such as dissolution and destruction, leading to insufficient durability towards the ORR/OER. In this work, we propose a doping strategy to modulate the phase transition and formation of self-supported cobalt fluoride–sulfide (CoFS) nanoporous films using a low amount of copper (Cu) as a dopant. This well-defined Cu–CoFS heterostructure overcomes the obstacle of structural instability. Our study of the proposed Cu–CoFS also helps establish the structure–property relationship of strained electrocatalysts by unraveling the role of local strain in regulating the electronic structure of the catalyst. As a proof-of-concept, the Cu–CoFS electrocatalyst with doping-modulated strain exhibited superior onset potentials of 0.91 V and 1.49 V for the ORR and OER, respectively, surpassing commercial Pt/C@RuO2 and benchmarking non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) catalysts. ZABs with the Cu–CoFS catalyst delivered excellent charge/discharge cycling performance with an extremely low voltage gap of 0.5 V at a current density of 10 mA cm–2 and successively 0.93 V at a high current density of 100 mA cm–2 and afforded an outstanding peak power density of 255 mW cm–2.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); University of Central Florida; Welch Foundation; Shenzhen Science and Technology Program; Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1828860
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1812824
OSTI ID: 1829055
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA--161802
Journal Information:
Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 14; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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