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NANOSCALE
Volume 13, Issue 24, Pages 10862-10870Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01612a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51821001, 11704245]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [19ZR1475200]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at the Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
- Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- National Science Foundation [NSF DMR-1804320]
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The study introduces a 3D bicontinuous nitrogen-doped nanoporous graphene electrocatalyst ((Ni,Cu)-NG) co-anchoring nickel and copper atoms at the single-atom level for high performance in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). This catalyst exhibits exceptional ORR activity in alkaline electrolytes, enabling rechargeable zinc-air batteries with excellent energy efficiency, large power density, and high cycling stability. The research may provide an efficient approach for designing durable single-atom ORR catalysts for metal-air batteries.
Highly active, cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are critically important for renewable energy conversion and storage. Here we report a 3D bicontinuous nitrogen doped nanoporous graphene electrocatalyst co-anchoring with atomically dispersed nickel and copper atoms ((Ni,Cu)-NG) as a highly active single-atom ORR catalyst, fabricated by the combination of chemical vapor deposition and high temperature gas transportation. The resultant (Ni,Cu)-NG exhibits an exceptional ORR activity in alkaline electrolytes, comparable to the Pt-based benchmarks, from the synergistic effect of the CuNx and NiNx complexes. Endowed with high catalytic activity and outstanding durability under harsh electrochemical environments, rechargeable zinc-air batteries using (Ni,Cu)-NG as the cathodes show excellent energy efficiency (voltage gap of 0.74 V), large power density (150.6 mW cm(-2) at 250 mA cm(-2)) and high cycling stability (>500 discharge-charge cycles at 10 mA cm(-2)). This study may pave an efficient avenue for designing highly durable single-atom ORR catalysts for metal-air batteries.
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