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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19640
Keywords
Co-Nx activated carbon net; Co2Fe alloy; ORR; OER bifunctional activity; Zn-air battery; all-solid-state battery; DFT calculations
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Co/Fe bimetallic hydroxide nanosheets were deposited on polypyrrole nanotubes, followed by coating with polydopamine and zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF)-67 to form a composite catalyst precursor. After calcination, the resultant composite catalyst consisted of Co2Fe alloy nanoparticles, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs), and a Co-Nx activated carbon net. The composite exhibited high electrocatalytic activity in both the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions, making it a promising catalyst for Zn-air batteries and other applications. The superior catalytic activity was attributed to the synergy between the Co-Nx activated carbon net and Co2Fe alloy.
Herein, Co/Fe bimetallic hydroxide nanosheets (Co3Fe2 BMHs) were densely deposited on polypyrrole nanotubes (PPy NTs), followed by the successive coating of polydopamine (PDA) and zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF)-67 to form a composite catalyst precursor. Then, Co3Fe2 BMHs, PPy NTs, and ZIF-67/PDA in this precursor were calcined into Co2Fe alloy nanoparticles, nitrogen-doped carbon NTs (NCNTs), and a Co-Nx activated carbon net, respectively, which constituted a novel composite catalyst. In this composite catalyst, the high-density Co2Fe alloy nanoparticles are highly dispersed on the NCNT and coated by the Co-Nx activated carbon net. The Co-Nx activated carbon net protects the alloy particles from agglomerating during calcination and from being corroded by the electrolyte. Moreover, the experimental results demonstrated that the calcination temperature and chemical components of the catalyst precursors greatly affect the morphology, structure, composition, and ultimately electrocatalytic activity of the calcined products. The obtained optimum catalyst material exhibited significant electrocatalytic effects on both the oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction with a small Delta E of 0.715 V. The Zn-air battery utilizing this material as the air electrode catalyst showed a power density of 235.5 mW cm-2, an energy density of 1073.5 Wh kg-1, and a round-trip efficiency of 62.3% after 1000 cycles, superior to the benchmark battery based on the mixed commercial catalyst of Pt/C and RuO2. An all-solid-state battery was also assembled to confirm the practical application prospect of the prepared composite material as the air electrode catalyst. More importantly, both experimental data and density functional theory calculations verified that the superior bifunctional catalytic activity was mainly attributed to the synergy between the Co-Nx activated carbon net and Co2Fe alloy.
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