期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 925, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166665
关键词
Bifunctional electrocatalysts; Flexible Zn-air battery; NiFe-LDH; Synergistic effect; OER, ORR
资金
- Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China [2018M642605]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21802079, 22075159]
- Youth Innovation Team Project of Shandong Provincial Education Department [2019KJC023]
This study presents a simple method for preparing a flexible self-supporting bifunctional catalyst, which shows superior electrocatalytic performances for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in zinc-air batteries. The catalyst is formed by coupling ultrathin NiFe-based layered double hydroxide nanosheets with a metal-organic framework-derived carbon nanoflake array, and introducing Co nanoparticles anchored onto nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanoflakes. The catalyst demonstrates excellent electrocatalytic activities, mechanical flexibility, and is promising for wearable and flexible electronic devices.
The construction of a hybrid hierarchical architecture is a promising strategy for optimizing the electro-catalytic activity and the performance of flexible Zn-air battery. However, it still remains a challenging task. This study reports on the use of a simple approach in the preparation of a flexible 3D self-supporting bifunctional catalyst. Ultrathin NiFe-based layered double hydroxide nanosheets (NiFe-LDH) have in this approach been strongly coupled to a metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived carbon nanoflake array, to be used in flexible Zn-air batteries. Importantly, the introduction of Co nanoparticles that were anchored onto the nitrogen-doped porous carbon (Co-NC) nanoflakes provided an abundance of active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Moreover, the catalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process was improved by altering the local electronic structure of the Ni and Fe species in NiFe-LDH. The 3D interconnected con-ductive network structure, in addition to the strong coupling between NiFe-LDH and Co-NC, was found to give a catalyst with superior electrocatalytic OER performances. The overpotential was only 284 mV at 50 mA cm-2 in an alkaline medium, which is a result that outperforms the commercial RuO2 catalyst. This bifunctional catalyst did also exhibit a good catalytic performance that is comparable to that of commercial Pt/C towards ORR. Interestingly, when this catalyst was used as binder-free air cathode, the assembled flexible solid-state Zn-air battery demonstrated a favorable power density, cycling stability, and mechanical flexibility. The present work offers a facile and efficient strategy for the development and construction of self-supporting bifunctional OER/ORR electrocatalysts, to be used in wearable and flexible electronic de-vices. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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