Citation: Yang Yuan, Jingwen Wang, Wenbo Shi, Xinyi Bai, Ge Li, Zhengyu Bai, Lin Yang. Optimizing oxygen redox kinetics of M-N-C electrocatalysts via an in-situ self-sacrifice template etching strategy[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(5): 107807. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107807 shu

Optimizing oxygen redox kinetics of M-N-C electrocatalysts via an in-situ self-sacrifice template etching strategy

Yang Yuan ^{a, 1} ,
Jingwen Wang ^{a, 1} ,
Wenbo Shi ^a ,
Xinyi Bai ^a ,
Ge Li ^b ,
Zhengyu Bai ^{a, *,} ,
Lin Yang ^{a, *,}

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reaction, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Fine Chemicals Green Manufacturing, Xinlian College, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 10-348 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada

baizhengyu@htu.edu.cn

yanglin1819@163.com

Received Date: 26 May 2022
Revised Date: 18 August 2022
Accepted Date: 2 September 2022
Available Online: 9 September 2022

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The accessibility and mass transfer between catalytic sites and substrates/intermediates are essential to a catalyst's overall performance in oxygen electrocatalysis based energy devices. Here, we present an "in-situ self-sacrifice template etching strategy" for reconstructing MOF-derived M-N-C catalysts, which introduces micro‑meso-macro pores with continuous apertures in a wide range and a central hollow-out structure to optimize the electrochemical oxygen redox kinetics. It is realized via one-step pyrolysis of ZIF-8 single crystal epitaxially coating on a multi-functional template of the Fe, Co co-loaded mesoporous ZnO sphere. The ZnO core is reduced during the general pyrolysis of ZIF-8 into M-N-C and acts as a pore former to etch the surrounding ZIF-8 shell into diverse channels anchoring highly exposed Fe and Co-based active sites with edge enrichment. The redesigned catalyst reveals apparent structural benefits towards enhanced oxygen redox kinetics as bifunctional cathode catalysts of rechargeable zinc-air battery compared with the primitive bulk M-N-C catalysts and the mixture of commercial Pt/C and Ir/C. The unique structure-based activity advantages, the omitted template removal step and good template compatibility during synthesis make the strategy universal for the channel engineering of electrocatalysts.
- Oxygen electrocatalysis,
- Bifunctional,
- Zinc-air battery,
- Hierarchical interconnected network,
- Mass transfer kinetics
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