Carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds: An exceptional and durable bifunctional catalyst for zinc-air batteries
Abstract
Exceptional and durable catalysts for Zinc-air batteries are plagued by nanoparticle agglomeration. As a proof-of-concept, we designed carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds by loading cobalt nanoparticles into N-doped defective carbon pores. Introduced N-doping, Co-N-C bond and graphitic/graphenic carbon defects endow the catalyst with exceptional catalytic activity. Most importantly, the design of Co confined within carbon pores effectively solved the dilemma of nanomaterial stability. By balancing the high catalytic activity and stable cyclability, this unique catalyst is among the outstanding bifunctional catalysts, with a high ORR half-wave potential of 0.847 V and a low OER potential at 10 mA/cm2 of 1.593 V. As demonstrated in the full cell, a peak power density of 135 mW/cm2 at a current density of 200 mA/cm2 and 450 h of stable cycling performance without fading at a current density of 30 mA/cm2 was delivered.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada); South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou (China)
- Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou (China)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1712681
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1703979
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 65; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Bifunctional catalyst; Carbon defects; Carbon pore confinement; Durability; Zinc-air batteries
Citation Formats
Xing, Zhenyu, Deng, Ya-Ping, Sy, Serubbabel, Tan, Guoqiang, Li, Aiju, Li, Jingde, Niu, Yue, Li, Na, Su, Dong, Lu, Jun, and Chen, Zhongwei. Carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds: An exceptional and durable bifunctional catalyst for zinc-air batteries. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104051.
Xing, Zhenyu, Deng, Ya-Ping, Sy, Serubbabel, Tan, Guoqiang, Li, Aiju, Li, Jingde, Niu, Yue, Li, Na, Su, Dong, Lu, Jun, & Chen, Zhongwei. Carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds: An exceptional and durable bifunctional catalyst for zinc-air batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104051
Xing, Zhenyu, Deng, Ya-Ping, Sy, Serubbabel, Tan, Guoqiang, Li, Aiju, Li, Jingde, Niu, Yue, Li, Na, Su, Dong, Lu, Jun, and Chen, Zhongwei. Wed .
"Carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds: An exceptional and durable bifunctional catalyst for zinc-air batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104051. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1712681.
@article{osti_1712681,
title = {Carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds: An exceptional and durable bifunctional catalyst for zinc-air batteries},
author = {Xing, Zhenyu and Deng, Ya-Ping and Sy, Serubbabel and Tan, Guoqiang and Li, Aiju and Li, Jingde and Niu, Yue and Li, Na and Su, Dong and Lu, Jun and Chen, Zhongwei},
abstractNote = {Exceptional and durable catalysts for Zinc-air batteries are plagued by nanoparticle agglomeration. As a proof-of-concept, we designed carbon-pore-sheathed cobalt nanoseeds by loading cobalt nanoparticles into N-doped defective carbon pores. Introduced N-doping, Co-N-C bond and graphitic/graphenic carbon defects endow the catalyst with exceptional catalytic activity. Most importantly, the design of Co confined within carbon pores effectively solved the dilemma of nanomaterial stability. By balancing the high catalytic activity and stable cyclability, this unique catalyst is among the outstanding bifunctional catalysts, with a high ORR half-wave potential of 0.847 V and a low OER potential at 10 mA/cm2 of 1.593 V. As demonstrated in the full cell, a peak power density of 135 mW/cm2 at a current density of 200 mA/cm2 and 450 h of stable cycling performance without fading at a current density of 30 mA/cm2 was delivered.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104051},
journal = {Nano Energy},
number = ,
volume = 65,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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