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Title: Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery

Abstract

Abstract The Zn‐air battery (ZAB) is attracting increasing attention due to its high safety and preeminent performance. However, the practical application of ZAB relies heavily on developing durable support materials to replace conventional carbon supports which have unrecoverable corrosion issues, severely jeopardizing ZAB performance. Herein, a novel porous FeCo glassy alloy is developed as a bifunctional catalytic support for ZAB. The conducting skeleton of the porous glassy alloy is used to stabilize oxygen reduction cocatalysts, and more importantly, the FeCo serves as the primary phase for oxygen evolution. To demonstrate the concept of catalytic glassy alloy support, ultrasmall Pd nanoparticles are anchored, as oxygen reduction active sites, on the porous FeCo (noted as Pd/FeCo) for ZAB. The Pd/FeCo exhibits a significantly improved electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction (a half‐wave potential of 0.85 V) and oxygen evolution (a potential of 1.55 V to reach 10 mA cm −2 ) in the alkaline media. When used in the ZAB, the Pd/FeCo delivers an output power density of 117 mW cm −2 and outstanding cycling stability for over 200 h (400 cycles), surpassing the conventional carbon‐supported Pt/C+IrO 2 catalysts. Such an integrated design that combines highly active components with a porous architecture provides a new strategy tomore » develop novel nanostructured electrocatalysts.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [4]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  4. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co.; Northwestern University; The Dow Chemical Company
OSTI Identifier:
1777174
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1804531
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-157857
Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; CMMI-1851674; 68278; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Energy Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; electrocatalysis; glassy alloy; catalytic support; porous structure; Zn-air battery

Citation Formats

Pan, Fuping, Li, Zhao, Yang, Zhenzhong, Ma, Qing, Wang, Maoyu, Wang, Han, Olszta, Matthew, Wang, Guanzhi, Feng, Zhenxing, Du, Yingge, and Yang, Yang. Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.202002204.
Pan, Fuping, Li, Zhao, Yang, Zhenzhong, Ma, Qing, Wang, Maoyu, Wang, Han, Olszta, Matthew, Wang, Guanzhi, Feng, Zhenxing, Du, Yingge, & Yang, Yang. Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002204
Pan, Fuping, Li, Zhao, Yang, Zhenzhong, Ma, Qing, Wang, Maoyu, Wang, Han, Olszta, Matthew, Wang, Guanzhi, Feng, Zhenxing, Du, Yingge, and Yang, Yang. Mon . "Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002204. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1777174.
@article{osti_1777174,
title = {Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery},
author = {Pan, Fuping and Li, Zhao and Yang, Zhenzhong and Ma, Qing and Wang, Maoyu and Wang, Han and Olszta, Matthew and Wang, Guanzhi and Feng, Zhenxing and Du, Yingge and Yang, Yang},
abstractNote = {Abstract The Zn‐air battery (ZAB) is attracting increasing attention due to its high safety and preeminent performance. However, the practical application of ZAB relies heavily on developing durable support materials to replace conventional carbon supports which have unrecoverable corrosion issues, severely jeopardizing ZAB performance. Herein, a novel porous FeCo glassy alloy is developed as a bifunctional catalytic support for ZAB. The conducting skeleton of the porous glassy alloy is used to stabilize oxygen reduction cocatalysts, and more importantly, the FeCo serves as the primary phase for oxygen evolution. To demonstrate the concept of catalytic glassy alloy support, ultrasmall Pd nanoparticles are anchored, as oxygen reduction active sites, on the porous FeCo (noted as Pd/FeCo) for ZAB. The Pd/FeCo exhibits a significantly improved electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction (a half‐wave potential of 0.85 V) and oxygen evolution (a potential of 1.55 V to reach 10 mA cm −2 ) in the alkaline media. When used in the ZAB, the Pd/FeCo delivers an output power density of 117 mW cm −2 and outstanding cycling stability for over 200 h (400 cycles), surpassing the conventional carbon‐supported Pt/C+IrO 2 catalysts. Such an integrated design that combines highly active components with a porous architecture provides a new strategy to develop novel nanostructured electrocatalysts.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.202002204},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 3,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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