Citation: Tianfang Yang, Ye Chen, Yang Liu, Xupo Liu, Shuyan Gao. Self-sacrificial template synthesis of Fe, N co-doped porous carbon as efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysts towards Zn-air battery application[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(4): 2171-2177. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.014 shu

Self-sacrificial template synthesis of Fe, N co-doped porous carbon as efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysts towards Zn-air battery application

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

liuxupo@htu.edu.cn

shuyangao@htu.cn

Received Date: 26 June 2021
Revised Date: 20 July 2021
Accepted Date: 2 September 2021
Available Online: 8 September 2021

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Designing highly efficient non-precious based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of significance for the rapid development of metal-air batteries. Herein, a hydrothermal-pyrolysis method is employed to fabricate Fe, N co-doped porous carbon materials as effective ORR electrocatalyst through adopting graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) as both the self-sacrificial templates and N sources. The g-C₃N₄ provides a high concentration of unsaturated pyridine-type N to coordinate with iron to form Fe-N active sites. Through adjusting the Fe doping amounts, it is proved that appropriate Fe doping content is conducive to the construction of abundant defects and active sites of Fe-N. The as-prepared catalyst exhibits superior electrocatalytic ORR performance in alkaline media with half-wave potential (E_1/2 = 0.82 V) and onset potential (E_onset = 0.95 V), equivalent to the commercial Pt/C catalyst. Moreover, there is almost no activity loss after 10 k continuous cyclic voltammetry cycles and methanol tolerance, indicating the excellent durability and superior methanol tolerance. Remarkably, when assembled as the cathode in a Zn-air battery, the device displays a power density of 99 mW/cm², an open-circuit potential of 1.48 V and long-term discharge-charge cycling stability, indicating the promising potential to substitute the Pt catalyst for practical application.
- Electrocatalyst,
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Fe,
- N co-doped porous carbon,
- Fe-N active sites,
- Zn-air batteries
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