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CHEMPLUSCHEM
Volume 80, Issue 8, Pages 1341-1346Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500183
Keywords
carbon; electrochemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; manganese; zinc
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- Advanced Energy Storage Research Programme from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore [IMRE/12-2P0503, IMRE/12-2P0504]
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Manganese oxide is grown directly on carbon paper through a simple immersion process, and used as a catalyst-modified air cathode for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. The manganese oxide is distributed evenly within the porous carbon paper, which promotes a rapid three-phase reaction and high utilization of the active materials. Zinc-air batteries with the manganese oxide catalyst directly grown on the carbon paper exhibit improved performance compared with zinc-air batteries fabricated by using manganese oxide powder catalyst coated on carbon paper. The directly grown catalyst reduces the contact resistance and enhances the discharge/charge profile of the zinc-air batteries. Zinc-air batteries with the directly grown catalyst show a discharge voltage of 1.2V at a current density of 15mAcm(-2) and deliver a power density as high as 108mWcm(-2) at an applied current of 168mAcm(-2). Furthermore, good cycling stability for up to 500cycles is achievable during continuous discharge-charge tests without the need to replace the zinc anode or replenish the electrolyte; this outperforms most currently available bifunctional catalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. This study illustrates a promising platform to enhance the cycle life of rechargeable metal-air batteries.
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