Citation: Yaling Jia, Fangshuai Zhang, Qinglin Liu, Jun Yang, Jiahui Xian, Yamei Sun, Yinle Li, Guangqin Li. Single-atomic Fe anchored on hierarchically porous carbon frame for efficient oxygen reduction performance[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(2): 1070-1073. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.05.052 shu

Single-atomic Fe anchored on hierarchically porous carbon frame for efficient oxygen reduction performance

MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

liguangqin@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Received Date: 29 April 2021
Revised Date: 18 May 2021
Accepted Date: 24 May 2021
Available Online: 29 May 2021

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Exploring platinum group metal-free electrocatalysts with superior catalytic performance and favorable durability for oxygen reduction reaction is a remaining bottleneck in process of developing sustainable techniques in energy storage and conversion. Herein, a hierarchical porous single atomic Fe electrocatalyst (Fe/Z8-E-C) is rationally designed and synthesized via acid etching, calcination, adsorption of Fe precursor and recalcination processes. This unique electrocatalyst Fe/Z8-E-C shows excellent oxygen reduction performance with a half-wave potential of 0.89 V in 0.1 mol/L KOH, 30 mV superior to that of commercial Pt/C (0.86 V), which is also significantly higher than that of typical Fe-doped ZIF-8 derived carbon nanoparticles (Fe/Z8-C) with a half-wave potential of 0.84 V. Furthermore, Fe/Z8-E-C-based Zn-air battery exhibits greatly enhanced peak power density and specific capacity than those of original Fe/Z8-C, verifying the remarkable performance and practicability of this specially designed hierarchical structure due to its efficient utilization of the active sites and rapid mass transfer. This present work proposes a new method to rationally synthesize single atom electrocatalysts loaded on hierarchical porous frame materials for catalysis and energy conversion.
- Single atom Fe,
- High atom utilization,
- Efficient mass transfer,
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Zinc-air battery,
- Efficient performance
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