Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 268, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118746
Keywords
Single atoms; Carbon nitride spheroids; Alkaline reversible zn-air batteries; Robust bifunctional oxygen catalysts; Template-free synthesis strategy; DFT
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2018M3D1A1057844]
- Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning [NRF-2018R1A2B6006320]
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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.
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