A carboxylate linker strategy mediated densely accessible Fe-N4 sites for enhancing oxygen electroreduction in Zn-air batteries

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Iron-nitrogen-carbon single-atom catalysts derived from zeolitic-imidazolate-framework-8 (ZIF-8) have presented its great potential for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in Zn-air batteries (ZABs). However, due to insufficient active Fe-N sites, its ORR activity is inferior to Pt-based catalysts. Herein, a carboxylate (OAc) linker strategy is proposed to design a ZIF-8-derived FeNCOAc catalyst with abundant accessible Fe-N4 single-atom sites. Except that imidazole groups can coordinate with Fe ions, the OAc linker on the unsaturated coordination Zn nodes can anchor and coordinate with more Fe ions, resulting in a significant increase in Fe-N4 site density. Meanwhile, the corrosion of carbon skeleton by OAc oxidation during heat-treatment leads to improved porosity of catalyst. Benefitting from the highly dense Fe-N4 sites and hierarchical pores, the FeNCOAc endows superior performance in alkaline medium (E1/2 = 0.906 V), which is confirmed by density functional theory calculation results. Meanwhile, the assembled liquid ZAB delivers a favorable peak power density of 173.9 mW cm-2, and a high specific capacity of 770.9 mAh g-1 as well as outstanding durability. Besides, the solid-state ZAB also shows outstanding discharge performance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:665

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Journal of colloid and interface science - 665(2024) vom: 11. Apr., Seite 879-887

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zha, Sujuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yaqiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaosong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jibiao [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Mitsuzaki, Naotoshi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhidong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Accessible Fe-N(4) sites
Journal Article
Oxygen reduction reaction
Single-atom catalysts
Zn-air battery

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Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.188

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370543904