Single iron atoms stabilized by microporous defects of biomass-derived carbon aerogels as high-performance cathode electrocatalysts for aluminum

Single iron atoms stabilized by microporous defects of biomass-derived carbon aerogels as high-performance cathode electrocatalysts for aluminum–air batteries

Published:2019 Issue:36 Volume:7 Page:20840-20846
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

He Ting¹²³⁴⁵,Zhang Yaqian⁶⁷⁸⁹,Chen Yang¹²³⁴⁵,Zhang Zhenzhu¹²³⁴⁵,Wang Haiyan¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Hu Yongfeng¹⁰¹¹⁹,Liu Min¹²¹³³⁴⁵,Pao Chih-Wen¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷,Chen Jeng-Lung¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷^ORCID,Chang Lo Yueh¹⁸¹⁹²⁰⁵¹⁹,Sun Zhifang¹²³⁴⁵,Xiang Juan¹²³⁴⁵,Zhang Yi¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Chen Shaowei²¹²²²³²⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources

2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

3. Central South University

4. Changsha 410083

5. China

6. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

7. University of Alberta

8. Edmonton

9. Canada

10. Canadian Light Source

11. Saskatoon

12. Institute of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process in Advanced Materials

13. School of Physics and Electronics

14. X-ray Absorption Group

15. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

16. Hsinchu 30076

17. Republic of China

18. Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)

19. Soochow University

20. Suzhou

21. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

22. University of California

23. Santa Cruz

24. USA

Abstract

Biomass-derived carbon aerogel with hierarchical porosity and FeN₄ single atom sites outperforms platinum towards the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media and can be used as the cathode catalyst for aluminium–air batteries.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Division of Chemistry

China Scholarship Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/TA/C9TA05981D

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