Outstanding Platinum Group Metal-free Bifunctional Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

Muuli, Kaur; Lyu, Xiang; Mooste, Marek; Käärik, Maike; Zulevi, Barr; Leis, Jaan; Yu, Haoran; Cullen, David A.; Serov, Alexey; Tammeveski, Kaido

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142126

Outstanding Platinum Group Metal-free Bifunctional Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

Journal Article · Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Electrochimica Acta

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142126· OSTI ID:1959625

Muuli, Kaur ^[1]; Lyu, Xiang ^[2]; Mooste, Marek ^[1]; Käärik, Maike ^[1]; Zulevi, Barr ^[3]; Leis, Jaan ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; Tammeveski, Kaido ^[1]

University of Tartu (Estonia)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Pajarito Powder, LLC (PPC), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Developing highly active and durable catalysts for zinc-air batteries (ZAB) is critical for energy conversion and storage. Herein, we prepared Fe-N-C catalysts at a kilogram scale by the commercial VariPore™ method and the effect of synthesis conditions on the catalyst performance at ZAB air electrode was investigated. The results show the PA-450-HT exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and it is the most suitable catalyst for primary ZAB with the galvanostatic polarization discharge peak power density of 149 mW cm^-2, outperforming commercial Pt-Ru/C catalysts. Additionally, the NCB-600-HT catalyst displays the half-wave potential of 0.87 V vs. RHE for ORR and ΔE value of 0.81 V (indicating outstanding ORR and OER reversibility) and exhibits excellent charge-discharge cycling durability similar to NCB-550-LT around 160 h for the secondary ZAB. This work reports outstanding bifunctional Fe-N-C catalysts for rechargeable ZAB at mass production for the first time.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; EE0008419

OSTI ID:: 1959625

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2000167

Journal Information:: Electrochimica Acta, Journal Name: Electrochimica Acta Journal Issue: TBD Vol. TBD; ISSN 0013-4686

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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