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
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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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