期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 158, 期 -, 页码 437-445出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.151
关键词
Silver-copper catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Metal-air battery
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51271148, 50971100]
- Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in China [30-TP-2009]
- Aeronautic Science Foundation Program of China [2012ZF53073]
- Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China [20136102110013]
An inexpensive, facile galvanic displacement reaction for the direct growth of silver-copper (Ag-Cu) catalysts on nickel foams is developed for the first time. The resulting Ag-Cu catalysts exhibit dendritic morphologies. Ag and Cu atoms are in their metallic state while the presence of CuO and Cu2O are limited on the surface of catalyst. The catalysts demonstrate high catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline solution, as evaluated by both linear scanning voltammetry and rotating disk electrode polarization measurements. The ORR catalysed by Ag-Cu catalyst in alkaline solution proceeds through a four-electron pathway. An air cathode is fabricated using Ag-Cu catalyst as a carbon-free, binder-free catalyst layer. Using this Ag-Cu catalyst based air cathode, both the primary and rechargeable zinc-air batteries show excellent battery performance. The specific capacity of the primary zinc-air battery is 572 mAhg(-1). Especially, the rechargeable zinc-air battery shows high round-trip efficiency, appealing stability at a long charge-discharge cycle period. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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