Densely colonized isolated Cu-N single sites for efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts and rechargeable advanced Zn-air batteries
- Title
- Densely colonized isolated Cu-N single sites for efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts and rechargeable advanced Zn-air batteries
- Author
- 이상욱
- Issue Date
- 2020-07
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Citation
- APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, v. 268, Article no. 118746, 9pp
- Abstract
- The rational design of earth-abundant, highly efficient, and robust bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts remains a contemporary challenge toward the widespread implementation of reversible metal-air batteries and fuel cells. Here, we report a universal strategy for the fabrication of single-atom (Cu, Co, and Fe) incorporated hollow nano-spheroids of nitrogen-deficient carbon nitride frameworks (CuSA@HNCNx. The interconnected three-dimensional 3D porous and hollow robust single-atom spheroid frameworks display a high surface area of 1286 m(2) g(-1), favorable electronic structure, local chemical coordination, effective density of active sites (Cu-N-x pyridinic, graphitic C-N etc.), and mass transport pathways. The obtained CuSA@HNCNx exhibited outstanding bifunctional reversible electrocatalytic activity and robustness for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR half-wave potential of 0.91 V, OER overpotential of 1.55 V at 10 mA cm(-2), Delta E = 0.64 V, 5000 cycles), outperforming benchmarked Pt/C and RuO2. Electrocatalytic activity towards ORR/OER was analyzed by n-band center correlation using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Moreover, reversible alkaline Zn-air batteries with the designed CuSA@HNCNx cathode illustrated a high power 212 mW cm(-2), high energy density 1031 Wh kg(zn)(-1), and excellent discharge-charge cycle life of 1800 cycles for 300 h @10 mA cm(-2) with voltaic efficiency of 64.51 %. Notably, all-solid-state flexible ZABs showed long cycle life of 250 h with 1500 cycles at 25 mA cm(-2) with efficiency of 66.31 %. This unique strategy offers controlled design of entangled single-atom frameworks as advanced cathodes for next-generation energy storage technology.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337320301612https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/164864
- ISSN
- 0926-3373
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118746
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