Citation: Shuai Xie, Hongchang Jin, Chao Wang, Huanyu Xie, Ying-Rui Lu, Ting-Shan Chan, Wensheng Yan, Song Jin, Hengxing Ji. A comparison study on single metal atoms (Fe, Co, Ni) within nitrogen-doped graphene for oxygen electrocatalysis and rechargeable Zn-air batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(6): 107681. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.07.024 shu

A comparison study on single metal atoms (Fe, Co, Ni) within nitrogen-doped graphene for oxygen electrocatalysis and rechargeable Zn-air batteries

Shuai Xie ^a ,
Hongchang Jin ^a ,
Chao Wang ^b ,
Huanyu Xie ^a ,
Ying-Rui Lu ^c ,
Ting-Shan Chan ^c ,
Wensheng Yan ^b ,
Song Jin ^{a, *,} ,
Hengxing Ji ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
b.
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
c.
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 300 Hsinchu, Taiwan, China

js199155@ustc.edu.cn

jihengx@ustc.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 April 2022
Revised Date: 5 May 2022
Accepted Date: 12 July 2022
Available Online: 16 July 2022

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Single atom catalysts (SACs) with atomically dispersed transition metals on nitrogen-doped carbon supports have recently emerged as highly active non-noble metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), showing great application potential in Zn-air batteries. However, because of the complex structure-performance relationships of carbon-based SACs in the oxygen electrocatalytic reactions, the contribution of different metal atoms to the catalytic activity of SACs in Zn-air batteries still remains ambiguous. In this study, SACs with atomically dispersed transition metals on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets (M-N@Gs, M = Co, Fe and Ni), featured with similar physicochemical properties and M-N@C configurations, are obtained. By comparing the on-set potentials and the maximum current, we observed that the ORR activity is in the order of Co-N@G > Fe-N@G > Ni-N@G, while the OER activity is in the order of Co-N@G > Ni-N@G > Fe-N@G. The Zn-air batteries with Co-N@G as the air cathode catalysts outperform those with the Fe-N@G and Ni-N@G. This is due to the accelerated charge transfer between Co-N@C active sites and the oxygen-containing reactants. This study could improve our understanding of the design of more efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries at the atomic level.
- M-N@C catalysts,
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Single atom catalysts,
- Zn-air batteries
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