Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 7, Issue 21, Pages 17817-17824Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04327
Keywords
in situ ZnO activation; hierarchical porous carbon nanofibers; self-standing electrode; flexible Zn-air batteries; oxygen reduction reaction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21273114, 21902077]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20161484, BK20190381]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [NE2015003]
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With the advantages of low cost, non-pollution, and strong controllability over composition, morphology, nanostructures, as well as surface characters, carbon-based nanomaterials are regarded as ideal substitutes of traditional platinum-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysis in ORR-involved devices. Herein, an in situ ZnO activation-coupled electrospinning strategy was employed to facilely construct nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofibers (NPCNF) for flexible Zn-air batteries. In situ formation and thermal removal of ZnO make a critical difference in construction of micro/meso-hierarchically porous structures as well as highly active N-doped sites, therefore generating self-standing carbon nanofibers with high nitrogen doping content as well as specific Brunauer-Emmett-Teller of 501 m(2)/g and 5.6 at. %. As a result, the prepared NPCNF as a self-standing electrode delivers an excellent performance both in alkaline liquid-state and quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries, giving the possibility of applications in flexible devices.
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