Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 17, Issue 12, Pages 7989-7994Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04502
Keywords
Thin-walled CuCo2O4@C nanotubes; coaxial electrospinning; bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst; Zn-air batteries
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51622102, 51231003, 51571124]
- MOST [2016YFB0901502]
- 111 Project [B12015]
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Rational design of optimal bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst with low cost and high activity is greatly desired for realization of rechargeable Zn-air batteries. Herein, we fabricate mesoporous thin-walled CuCo2O4@C with abundant nitrogen-doped nanotubes via coaxial electrospinning technique. Benefiting from high catalytic activity of ultrasmall CuCo2O4 particles, double active specific surface area of mesoporous nanotubes, and strong coupling with N-doped carbon matrix, the obtained CuCo2O4@C exhibits outstanding oxygen electrocatalytic activity and stability, in terms of a positive onset potential (0.951 V) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and a low overpotential (327 mV at 10 mA cm(-2)) for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Significantly, when used as cathode catalyst for Zn-air batteries, CuCo(2)O4@C also displays a low charge-discharge voltage gap (0.79 V at 10 mA crn(-2)) and a long cycling life (up to 160 cycles for 80 h). With desirable architecture and excellent electrocatalytic properties, the CuCo2O4@C is considered a promising electrocatalyst for Zn-air batteries.
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