Citation: Jiajie Li, Shanbao Zou, Jinzhen Huang, Xiaoqian Wu, Yue Lu, Xundao Liu, Bo Song, Dehua Dong. Mn-N-P doped carbon spheres as an efficient oxygen reduction catalyst for high performance Zn-Air batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(1): 107222. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.027 shu

Mn-N-P doped carbon spheres as an efficient oxygen reduction catalyst for high performance Zn-Air batteries

Jiajie Li ^{a, 1} ,
Shanbao Zou ^{a, 1} ,
Jinzhen Huang ^b ,
Xiaoqian Wu ^a ,
Yue Lu ^a ,
Xundao Liu ^a ,
Bo Song ^{b, *,} ,
Dehua Dong ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Ji′nan 250022, China
b.
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

songbo@hit.edu.cn

mse_dongdh@ujn.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 December 2021
Revised Date: 16 January 2022
Accepted Date: 14 February 2022
Available Online: 18 February 2022

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Low-cost and efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts are the key to developing Zn-air batteries for renewable energy storage. Herein, the Mn-N-P doped carbon sphere was prepared through polymerization of hexachlorotripolyphosphazene (HCCP) and phloroglucinol, and then followed the calcination at 900 ℃. Theory calculations demonstrated the introduction of Mn in N-P doped carbon could lower the dissociation barrier of O₂ into O* and promote the ORR through a 4e⁻ pathway. The as-prepared catalysts exhibited a half-wave potential of 0.82 V vs. RHE and limiting current density of 5.2 mA/cm² toward ORR, which was comparable to those of the commercial Pt/C catalysts. In addition, Zn-air batteries with 0.05 Mn-N-P-C catalysts showed a high specific capacity of 830 mAh/g_Zn and excellent cycle stability. This facile approach demonstrated herein could be a solution to develop optimum non-precious metal catalysts for the application in cathodes of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. This study also provides new insight to design the catalysts of multi-heteroatom coordinated metal in the carbon matrix for both fundamental researches and practical applications.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Zn-air batteries,
- Transition metal,
- Doped carbon spheres
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