Citation: Jie WANG, Ai-Min WU, Zhi-Wen QIU, Wen-Jun QIN, Ang DING, Hao HUANG. N-doped carbon nanotubes catalyst with highly loaded metals for high-performance aluminum-air batteries[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(2): 337-345. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.269 shu

N-doped carbon nanotubes catalyst with highly loaded metals for high-performance aluminum-air batteries

Jie WANG ¹ ,
Ai-Min WU ^1,, ,
Zhi-Wen QIU ¹ ,
Wen-Jun QIN ¹ ,
Ang DING ² ,
Hao HUANG ¹

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Laboratory of Energy Materials and Devices (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China
2.
Ningbo Xingjian Space Machinery Co., Ltd., Ningbo, Zhejiang 315153, China

Corresponding author: Ai-Min WU, aimin@dlut.edu.cn
Received Date: 19 August 2022
Revised Date: 9 November 2022

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N-doped carbon nanotube (NCNTs) with highly loaded metal catalysts (Fe/Ce-NCNTs) were synthesized via high-temperature pyrolysis method with Fe-based catalysts introducing Ce metallic. Ce metal can better promote the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), anchoring more iron atoms and increasing the number of Fe—N_X active sites. A highly conductive 3D network structure facilitates oxygen diffusion, electron transfer, and transport of reac-tion products. The Fe/Ce-NCNTs catalysts exhibited good catalytic activity (the half wave potential was 0.86 V (vs RHE)) and stability in alkaline media. Moreover, the assembled Al-air batteries (AABs) with Fe/Ce-NCNT exhibited a high performance with a power density of 142 mW·cm^-2 and discharge specific capacity of 865 mAh·g^-1 at 50 mA· cm^-2. Fe/Ce-NCNTs possessed high voltage under a high current density load.
- aluminum-air battery,
- carbon nanotubes,
- Fe-N-C catalysts,
- electrocatalysis,
- oxygen reduction reaction
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