Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions

Han, Huijuan; Bai, Zhengyu; Zhang, Tao; Wang, Xiaobing; Yang, Xiaoli; Ma, Xiaoming; Zhang, Yuping; Yang, Lin; Lu, Jun

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.012

Title: Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions

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Trifunctional catalysts show a great potential for use in a power-to-gas water-splitting devices for hydrogen gas production, powered by an integrated rechargeable zinc-air battery. None of the currently available commercial electrocatalysts is low cost, and they do not possess excellent catalytic activity and durability at the same time, which is the main barrier to the broad implementation of these technologies. Herein, we design and develop a novel nanostructured trifunctional electrocatalyst that is capable of catalyzing oxygen/hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions. The combination of non-precious Co, Co₉S₈, and S, N co-doped graphitic carbon synergistically provides highly active sites for efficient catalytic reactions, while the unique tubular morphology and hierarchically porous microstructure not only benefit fast access to active sites but also ensure a robust composite structure for durability. As a result, when applied to zinc-air batteries and water splitting, these systems exhibit performance superior to those of commercial precious electrocatalysts (e.g., Pt/C and Ir/C).

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Han, Huijuan ^[1]; Bai, Zhengyu ^[2]; Zhang, Tao ^[3]; Wang, Xiaobing ^[2]; Yang, Xiaoli ^[2]; Ma, Xiaoming ^[2]; Zhang, Yuping ^[4];

^[2]; Lu, Jun ^[3]

Henan Normal Univ., Henan (People's Republic of China); Henan Inst. of Science and Technology, Xinxiang (People's Republic of China)
Henan Normal Univ., Henan (People's Republic of China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Henan Inst. of Science and Technology, Xinxiang (China)

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1526405

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1637171

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nano Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 08 HYDROGEN; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Nanomaterials; Trifunctional catalysts; Zinc-air battery; Oxygen/hydrogen evolution; Oxygen reduction reactions

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                    Han, Huijuan, Bai, Zhengyu, Zhang, Tao, Wang, Xiaobing, Yang, Xiaoli, Ma, Xiaoming, Zhang, Yuping, Yang, Lin, and Lu, Jun. Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Han, Huijuan, Bai, Zhengyu, Zhang, Tao, Wang, Xiaobing, Yang, Xiaoli, Ma, Xiaoming, Zhang, Yuping, Yang, Lin, & Lu, Jun. Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.012

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                    Han, Huijuan, Bai, Zhengyu, Zhang, Tao, Wang, Xiaobing, Yang, Xiaoli, Ma, Xiaoming, Zhang, Yuping, Yang, Lin, and Lu, Jun. Thu .  
"Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.012.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526405.

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@article{osti_1526405,

  title        = {Hierarchical design and development of nanostructured trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical oxygen and hydrogen reactions},

  author       = {Han, Huijuan and Bai, Zhengyu and Zhang, Tao and Wang, Xiaobing and Yang, Xiaoli and Ma, Xiaoming and Zhang, Yuping and Yang, Lin and Lu, Jun},

  abstractNote = {Trifunctional catalysts show a great potential for use in a power-to-gas water-splitting devices for hydrogen gas production, powered by an integrated rechargeable zinc-air battery. None of the currently available commercial electrocatalysts is low cost, and they do not possess excellent catalytic activity and durability at the same time, which is the main barrier to the broad implementation of these technologies. Herein, we design and develop a novel nanostructured trifunctional electrocatalyst that is capable of catalyzing oxygen/hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions. The combination of non-precious Co, Co9S8, and S, N co-doped graphitic carbon synergistically provides highly active sites for efficient catalytic reactions, while the unique tubular morphology and hierarchically porous microstructure not only benefit fast access to active sites but also ensure a robust composite structure for durability. As a result, when applied to zinc-air batteries and water splitting, these systems exhibit performance superior to those of commercial precious electrocatalysts (e.g., Pt/C and Ir/C).},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.012},

  journal      = {Nano Energy},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 56,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018},

  month        = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018}

}

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