Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 2940-2950Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18857
Keywords
Pt; FeNC catalyst; porous FeNC matrix; Li-CO2; O2 battery; size-confined; in situ FTIR; DFT calculations
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The use of Pt/FeNC as a cathodic catalyst can lower the decomposition potential of Li2CO3 and improve the performance of rechargeable Li-CO2/O2 batteries.
The cathodic product Li2CO3, due to its high decomposition potential, has hindered the practical application of rechargeable Li-CO2/O2 batteries. To overcome this bottleneck, a Pt/FeNC cathodic catalyst is fabricated by dispersing Pt nano-particles (NPs) with a uniform size of 2.4 nm and 8.3 wt % loading amount into a porous microcube FeNC support for high-perform-ance rechargeable Li-CO2/O2 batteries. The FeNC matrix is composed of numerous two-dimensional (2D) carbon nanosheets, which is derived from an Fe-doping zinc metal-organic framework (Zn-MOF). Importantly, using Pt/FeNC as the cathodic catalyst, the Li-CO2/O2 (VCO2/VO2 = 4:1) battery displays the lowest over-potential of 0.54 V and a long-term stability of 142 cycles, which is superior to batteries with FeNC (1.67 V, 47 cycles) and NC (1.87 V, 23 cycles) catalysts. The FeNC matrix and Pt NPs can exert a synergetic effect to decrease the decomposition potential of Li2CO3 and thus enhance the battery performance. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy further confirms that Li2CO3 can be completely decomposed under a low potential of 3.3 V using the Pt/FeNC catalyst. Impressively, Li2CO3 exhibits a film structure on the surface of the Pt/FeNC catalysts by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and its size can be limited by the confined space between the carbon sheets in Pt/FeNC, which enlarges the better contacting interface. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the Pt and FeNC catalysts show a higher adsorption energy for Li2CO3 and Li2CO4 intermediates compared to the NC catalyst, and the possible discharge pathways are deeply investigated. The synergetic effect between the FeNC support and Pt active sites makes the Li-CO2/O2 battery achieve optimal performance.
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