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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 253, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110575
Keywords
Flash nanocomplexation; Double-network gel-limiting; Single-atom catalysts; Zn-air batteries; Water splitting
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A novel N-doped porous carbon network (SC-CuSA-NC) catalyst with Cu single atoms is constructed via flash nanocomplexation (FNC) technology and a double-network gel-limiting strategy. SC-CuSA-NC shows superior ORR/OER/ HER performance due to the highly active Cu-N4 sites and distinct interconnected three-dimensional porous carbon network. The ZAB assembled by SC-CuSA-NC displays a high specific capacity (775.0 mAh g-1) and could effectively drive water splitting (1.58 V at 10 mA cm-2). This work expands the synthesis method of single-atom catalysts and provides a new approach for the accurate and controllable synthesis of electro- catalysts for water splitting and ZABs.
Constructing efficient trifunctional single-atom electrocatalysts is exceedingly alluring and challenging for enhancing the efficiency of water splitting and Zn-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, a novel N-doped porous carbon network (SC-CuSA-NC) catalyst with Cu single atoms is constructed via flash nanocomplexation (FNC) technology and a double-network gel-limiting strategy. The novelty of this method lies in the combination of physical confinement and chemical confinement by FNC, which enables uniform spatial isolation and atomic-level dispersion of Cu atoms in the hydrogel, effectively inhibits the migration of Cu during synthesis, and achieves accurate and controllable preparation of Cu single atoms catalyst. Benefiting from the highly active Cu-N4 sites and distinct interconnected three-dimensional porous carbon network, SC-CuSA-NC shows superior ORR/OER/ HER performance. Significantly, the ZAB assembled by SC-CuSA-NC displays a high specific capacity (775.0 mAh g-1) and could effectively drive water splitting (1.58 V at 10 mA cm-2). This work expands the synthesis method of single-atom catalysts and provides a new approach for the accurate and controllable synthesis of electro- catalysts for water splitting and ZABs.
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