Journal
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202000115
Keywords
bimetal electrocatalysts; covalent organic frameworks; oxygen evolution reaction; oxygen reduction reaction; zinc-air batteries
Funding
- Shanghai Pujiang Program [19PJ1410400]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21506243, 21878322]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [19ZR1479200]
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Developing bifunctional electrocatalysts with high activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of great significance for metal-air batteries. Herein, a covalent organic framework (COF)-derived bifunctional electrocatalyst toward the ORR and the OER is demonstrated, in which the COF-derived carbon on carbon nanotubes is used as the support to anchor active bimetal Ni/Fe clusters and nanoparticles. Since Ni/Fe ions are immobilized in the pore channels of the COFs, the aggregation and migration of ions under pyrolysis are effectively hindered. In addition, the COF-derived carbon-made catalyst features abundant nitrogen content and a high mesoporous volume. As a result, the catalyst displays ultrahigh ORR activity, with a half-wave potential of 0.87 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in 0.1 m KOH electrolyte. Moreover, the catalyst achieves a low operating potential of 1.55 V at a current density of 10 mA cm(-2), with a Tafel slop of 61 mV decade(-1) for OER in 0.1 m KOH, superior to most oxygen electrocatalysts. Furthermore, the catalyst also exhibits remarkable performance in Zn-air batteries. This work demonstrates a new insight into developing bifunctional catalysts from COFs.
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