Confining ultrasmall bimetallic alloys in porous N–carbon for use as scalable and sustainable electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn

Confining ultrasmall bimetallic alloys in porous N–carbon for use as scalable and sustainable electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

Published:2019 Issue:20 Volume:7 Page:12451-12456
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Liu Jingjing¹²³⁴⁵,He Ting¹²³⁴⁵,Wang Qichen¹²³⁴⁵,Zhou Zhaoxi⁶⁷⁸,Zhang Yaqian⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²,Wu Huiqiong¹²³⁴⁵,Li Qiang¹²³⁴⁵,Zheng Jun¹²³⁴⁵,Sun Zhifang¹²³⁴⁵,Lei Yongpeng¹³³⁴⁵^ORCID,Ma Jianmin¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷⁸^ORCID,Zhang Yi¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

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

2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

3. Central South University

4. Changsha 410083

5. China

6. Chenzhou Fire Detachment

7. Chenzhou

8. P. R. China

9. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

10. University of Alberta

11. Edmonton

12. Canada

13. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy

14. Key Laboratory for Micro-/Nano-Optoelectronic Devices of the Ministry Education

15. School of Physics and Electronics

16. Hunan University

17. Changsha 410082

Abstract

Ultrasmall bimetallic alloy nanoparticles are generated via a micro–mesopore confinement synthesis strategy in nanoporous N–carbon. The prepared catalysts show excellent bifunctional performance in both ORR and OER, and outstanding energy conversion efficiency in Zn–air batteries.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department

Central South University

National Key Research and Development Program 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/2019/TA/C9TA02264C

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