Citation: Sheng CAI, Yuan-Zhen LIU, Chun-Qiong WANG, Xiao-Xiao ZOU, Zhi-Yuan MEI, Jing-Wen JIANG, Ting-Ting LIU, Hong GUO. Application of Carbon Nanofiber Supported Iron-Nickel Alloy in Zinc-Air Battery[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2022, 38(3): 415-422. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.050 shu

Application of Carbon Nanofiber Supported Iron-Nickel Alloy in Zinc-Air Battery

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School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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Yunnan Tobacco Quality Supervision and Test Station, Kunming 650106, China

Corresponding author: Ting-Ting LIU, guohong@ynu.edu.cn Hong GUO, liutt133@ynu.edu.cn
Received Date: 29 August 2021
Revised Date: 27 December 2021

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Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts play an important role in zinc-air batteries (ZABs). A novel non-noble metal-based self-supported carbon nanofiber (Ni_δFe_4-δ-CNF) catalyst was developed. First, the network precursors were prepared from polyvinylpyrrolidone, transition metal acetate, and N, N-dimethylformamide via the electrostatic spinning method. After annealing at high temperature, the precursors were transformed into three-dimensional (3D) multi-pore structure material. The synthesized Ni₁Fe₁-CNF catalyst has a lower initial potential (230 mV) and overpotential (280 mV, 10 mA·cm^-2) in electrolyte solution of 1 mol·L^-1 KOH, and its performance is superior to that of commercial RuO₂. Meanwhile, ZAB was assembled by mixing Ni₁Fe₁-CNF catalyst with commercial Pt/C catalyst as the air cathode. Compared with commercial RuO₂+Pt/C ZAB, Ni₁Fe₁-CNF+Pt/C ZAB had a higher power density (122 mW·cm^-2), lower charging voltage and better charge/discharge cycle stability.
- nickel-iron nanoalloy,
- carbon nanofibers,
- electrocatalysis,
- oxygen evolution reaction,
- zinc-air battery
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