Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 11, Issue 24, Pages 21506-21514Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b04217
Keywords
layered double hydroxide; Co3O4; oxygen evolution reaction; oxygen reduction reaction; Zn-air battery; electrochemical performance
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21503025, 11632004, U1864208]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University [106112016CDJZR32520, 2018CDQYCL0014]
- Key Program for International Science and Technology Cooperation Projects of Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2016YFE0125900]
- Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology [cstc2016jcyjA1059, cstc2017jcyjBX0063]
- Hundred Talents Program of Chongqing University
- Venture AMP
- Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees [cx2017060]
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The rational design of excellent electrocatalysts is significant for triggering the slow kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in rechargeable metal-air batteries. Hereby, we report a bifunctional catalytic material with core-shell structure constructed by Co3O4 nanowire arrays as cores and ultrathin NiFe-layered double hydroxides (NiFe LDHs) as shells (Co3O4@NiFe LDHs). The introduction of Co3O4 nanowires could provide abundant active sites for NiFe LDH nanosheets. Most importantly, the deposition of NiFe LDHs on the surface of Co3O4 can modulate the surface chemical valences of Co, Ni, and Fe species via changing the electron donor and/or electron absorption effects, finally achieving the balance and optimization of ORR and OER properties. By this core-shell design, the maximum ORR current densities of Co3O4@NiFe LDHs increase to 3-7 mA cm(-2), almost an order of magnitude increases compared to pure NiFe LDH (0.45 mA cm(-2)). Significantly, an OER overpotential as low as 226 mV (35 mA cm(-2)) is achieved in the designed core-shell catalyst, which is comparable to and/or even better than those of commercial Ir/C. Hence, the primary zinc-air battery employing Co3O4@NiFe LDH as an air electrode achieves a high specific capacity (667.5 mA h g(-1)) and first-class energy density (797.6 W h kg(-1)); the rechargeable battery can show superior reversibility, excellent stability, and voltage gaps of similar to 0.8 V (similar to 60% of round-trip efficiency) in >1200 continuous cycles. Furthermore, the flexible quasi-solid-state zinc-air battery with bendable ability holds practical potential in portable and wearable electronic devices.
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