A silver–copper metallic glass electrocatalyst with high activity and stability comparable to Pt/C for zinc

A silver–copper metallic glass electrocatalyst with high activity and stability comparable to Pt/C for zinc–air batteries

Published:2016 Issue:9 Volume:4 Page:3527-3537
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Wu Xiaoqiang¹²³⁴,Chen Fuyi¹²³⁴,Zhang Nan¹²³⁴,Qaseem Adnan¹²³⁴,Johnston Roy L.⁵⁶⁷⁸

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing

2. Northwestern Polytechnical University

3. Xian

4. China

5. Department of Chemistry

6. University of Birmingham

7. Birmingham

8. UK

Abstract

A silver–copper metallic glass (AgCu-MG) electrocatalyst has been fabricated for rechargeable zinc–air batteries by pulsed laser deposition. The AgCu-MG exceptionally enhances the ORR catalytic activity to a half-wave potential of 0.78 V vs. RHE after 1000 CV treatments in 0.1 M KOH.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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/2016/TA/C5TA09266C

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