Pomegranate‐Inspired Design of Highly Active and Durable Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Metal–Air Batteries

  • Ge Li
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Xiaolei Wang
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Jing Fu
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Jingde Li
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Moon Gyu Park
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Yining Zhang
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Gregory Lui
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
  • Zhongwei Chen
    Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada

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公開日
2016-03-11
権利情報
  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
DOI
  • 10.1002/anie.201600750
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Wiley

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Rational design of highly active and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions is critical for rechargeable metal–air batteries. Herein, we report the design and development of composite electrocatalysts based on transition metal oxide nanocrystals embedded in a nitrogen‐doped, partially graphitized carbon framework. Benefiting from the unique pomegranate‐like architecture, the composite catalysts possess abundant active sites, strong synergetic coupling, enhanced electron transfer, and high efficiencies in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The Co<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>‐based composite electrocatalyst exhibited a high half‐wave potential of 0.842 V for ORR, and a low overpotential of only 450 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> for OER. A single‐cell zinc–air battery was also fabricated with superior durability, holding great promise in the practical implementation of rechargeable metal–air batteries.</jats:p>

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