In situ directional formation of Co@CoOx-embedded 1D carbon nanotubes as an efficient oxygen electrocatalyst for ultra-high rate Zn

In situ directional formation of Co@CoOx-embedded 1D carbon nanotubes as an efficient oxygen electrocatalyst for ultra-high rate Zn–air batteries

Published:2017 Issue:27 Volume:5 Page:13994-14002
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Lin Chao¹²³⁴,Shinde Sambhaji S.¹²³⁴,Jiang Zheng⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹,Song Xiaokai¹⁰¹¹¹²⁹,Sun Yu¹²³⁴,Guo Linli¹⁰¹¹¹²⁹,Zhang Hao⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹,Jung Jin-Young¹²³⁴,Li Xiaopeng¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶⁹^ORCID,Lee Jung-Ho¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Materials and Chemical Engineering

2. Hanyang University

3. Ansan

4. Korea

5. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

6. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics

7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

8. Shanghai 201204

9. China

10. School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

11. Jiangsu University of Technology

12. Changzhou 213001

13. CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering

14. Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI)

15. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

16. Shanghai 201210

Abstract

A “three birds one stone” strategy for preparing 1D N-doped porous carbon nanotubes embedded with Co@CoO_x nanoparticles results in the unprecedentedly high-rate Zn–air batteries.

Funder

National Research Foundation of Korea

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/2017/TA/C7TA02215H

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