电催化剂
化学工程
催化作用
过电位
析氧
化学
双功能
材料科学
无机化学
电极
电化学
物理化学
有机化学
工程类
作者
Bin Liu,Xin Yu Wang,Rongyue Wang,Guanyi Zhang,Xiaoqin Xu,Jin Liu,Zhiyao Sun,Mingyang Liu,Cheng Wang,Xin Meng,Jiahao Xie,Jinlong Zou
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2023.146154
摘要
Catalysts with high activity and corrosion-resistance are desirable for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR/OER) in rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, via an etching-phosphating-annealing strategy, CoP is in situ formed in hollow carbon-nanobox, both of which are wrapped by a thin nitrogen-doped carbon layer (CoP/HNBs@NCL). Tannic acid etches ZIF-67 nanobox to release Co2+ and 2-methylimidazole to generate hollow structure. As-marked CoP/HNBs@NCL-2 (271.9 m2 g−1) exhibits robust activities towards ORR (half-wave potential of 0.88 V) and OER (overpotential of 0.36 V), which outperforms many non-precious metal catalysts due to the strong interactions between CoP and N-species and the smooth mass transfer via the porous hollow structure. Even at high potentials (OER), HNBs@NCL framework can still relieve the leaching of Co species (leaching ratio of 15.5 % after 6 h) to obtain high corrosion resistance and stability. Theoretical calculations reveal that N atoms enhance the electron delocalization degree of Co sites in CoP to lower energy barriers and balance adsorption free-energies of O-intermediates to enhance oxygen electrocatalysis. Notably, ZAB with CoP/HNBs@NCL-2 air-electrode exhibits high peak power density (139.8 mW cm−2) and charge–discharge cycling stability (132 h). This work presents a reliable protocol to design hollow electrocatalysts with desirable bifunctional activity and stability for ZABs.
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