Citation: Fengxian Zhang, Xupo Liu, Ye Chen, Miao Tian, Tianfang Yang, Jing Zhang, Shuyan Gao. Ordered mesoporous carbon fiber bundles with high-density and accessible Fe-N_X active sites as efficient ORR catalysts for Zn-air batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(10): 108142. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108142 shu

Ordered mesoporous carbon fiber bundles with high-density and accessible Fe-N_X active sites as efficient ORR catalysts for Zn-air batteries

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

shuyangao@htu.cn

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Received Date: 25 November 2022
Revised Date: 21 December 2022
Accepted Date: 10 January 2023
Available Online: 13 January 2023

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Fe-N_X/C electrocatalysts have aroused extensive interest in accelerating sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics as potential alternatives to platinum catalysts in rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs). However, the low density and poor accessibility of Fe-N_X sites have severely restricted the electrocatalytic performance of Fe-N_X/C. Herein, Fe, N co-doped ordered mesoporous carbon fiber bundles are prepared through a ligand-assisted strategy with nitrogen-rich 1,10-phenanthroline as space isolation agent. 1,10-Phenanthroline reveals a six-membered heterocyclic structure containing abundant nitrogen species to tightly coordinate with Fe ions, which is conducive to achieving high-density Fe-N_X sites. Meanwhile, the adoption of SBA-15 as hard-templates enables the catalysts with highly ordered channels and large specific surface areas, improving the accessibility of Fe-N_X sites. The optimal catalyst (PDA-Fe-900) demonstrates a positive half-wave potential of 0.84 V (vs. RHE) in alkaline solution, outperforming the commercial Pt/C (0.83 V). In addition, PDA-Fe-900 delivers comparable ORR performance to commercial Pt/C in acidic electrolyte. Impressively, when PDA-Fe-900 is employed as an air cathode, it achieves large power densities of 163.0 mW/cm² in liquid-state ZAB and 116.6 mW/cm² in the flexible solid-state ZAB. This work provides an efficient ligand-assisted pathway for fabricating catalysts with dense and accessible Fe-N_X sites as high-performance ORR electrocatalysts for ZABs.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Ordered mesoporous carbon,
- High-density Fe-N_x sites,
- Accessibility,
- Zn-air battery
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