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Surface Engineering Strategy to Synthesize Bicomponent Carbons for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

Journal Article · · Energy Storage Materials
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Atomic Fe-N x moieties and nanosized FeCo species anchored on carbons have each been demonstrated to be among the most effective active components for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR/OER), respectively in rechargeable zinc -air batteries (ZABs). However, incorporating both of these components in a single catalyst presents a great challenge due to the trade-off in formation between them during hightemperature preparation. Herein, we integrate them into a bicomponent carbon through a surface engineering strategy. In this process, K 3 [Fe(CN) 6 ] is engineered on the surface of a precursor mixture consisting of polyaniline-coated graphene oxide and ZIF-67. This is followed by pyrolysis to produce the bicomponent carbon catalyst of FeCo nanoparticles modified carbon polyhedron (for accelerating the OER), supported on atomically dispersed Fe -N -doped carbon nanosheet (for boosting the ORR). The catalyst exhibits a small potential gap of 0.69 V for OER/ORR. In situ Raman spectroscopy demonstrates that spinel FeCo oxides may be responsible for OER. The use of this catalyst in ZABs achieves high power densities of 225 mW cm -2 in aqueous electrolyte and 164 mW cm -2 in solid-state electrolyte. Additionally, a small and stable voltage gap of 0.712 V at 10 mA cm -2 is maintained after 1035 discharge -charge cycles demonstrating the great application potential in energy devices.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
2479097
Journal Information:
Energy Storage Materials, Journal Name: Energy Storage Materials Vol. 70; ISSN 2405-8297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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