Highly Active CoNi-CoN3 Composite Sites Synergistically Accelerate Oxygen Electrode Reactions in Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

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Reaching rapid reaction kinetics of oxygen reduction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reactions (OER) is critical for realizing efficient rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, a novel CoNi-CoN3 composite site containing CoNi alloyed nanoparticles and CoN3 moieties is first constructed in N-doped carbon nanosheet matrix (CoNi-CoN3 /C). Benefiting from the high electroactivity of CoNi-CoN3 composite sites and large surface area, CoNi-CoN3 /C shows a superior half-wave potential (0.88 V versus RHE) for ORR and a small overpotential (360 mV) for OER at 10 mA cm-2 . Theoretical calculations have demonstrated that the introduction of CoNi alloys has modulated the electronic distributions near the CoN3 moiety, inducing the d-band center of CoNi-CoN3 composite site to shift down, thus stabilizing the valence state of Co active sites and balancing the adsorption of OER/ORR intermediates. Accordingly, the reaction energy trends exhibit optimized overpotentials for OER/ORR, leading to superior battery performances. For aqueous and flexible quasi-solid-state rechargeable ZABs with CoNi-CoN3 /C as catalyst, a large power density (250 mW cm-2 ) and high specific capacity (804 mAh g-1 ) are achieved. The in-depth understanding of the electroactivity enhancement mechanism of interactive metal nanoparticles and metal coordinated with nitrogen (MNx ) moieties is crucial for designing novel high-performance metal/nitrogen-doped carbon (M─N─C) catalysts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - (2024) vom: 03. März, Seite e2401506

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Mingzi [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Jiaxiang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Lijuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongyu [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yahui [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Bolong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]

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CoNi-CoN3 composite sites
Journal Article
Oxygen evolution reaction
Oxygen reduction reaction
Synergistic electrocatalytic activity
Zinc-air batteries

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Date Revised 03.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/smll.202401506

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369217942