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NaCl-assisted pyrolysis to construct low metal content multiple-doped 3D porous carbon as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for Zn-air battery

Oxygen reduction electrocatalysts with multiple heteroatomic doping, abundant defects and porous and layered structures are beneficial for enhancing oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. However, the design and facile preparation of such materials often present great challenges. Herein, Fe, S, N...

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Published in:Journal of alloys and compounds 2022-12, Vol.926, p.166777, Article 166777
Main Authors: Wu, Shang, Zhao, Huanlei, Xu, Xin, Liu, Chaoyang, Zhang, Penghui, Fu, Shuaishuai, Su, Qiong, Sun, Yuzhi, Yang, Quanlu, Peng, Hui
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Summary:Oxygen reduction electrocatalysts with multiple heteroatomic doping, abundant defects and porous and layered structures are beneficial for enhancing oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. However, the design and facile preparation of such materials often present great challenges. Herein, Fe, S, N multiple-doped three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon (Fe/S-CN) has been prepared by in-site NaCl template-assisted ball milling and subsequent high-temperature pyrolysis strategy. Due to the multiple doping, abundant defects and porous carbon framework provide rich active sites and rapid mass/electron transport channels, the Fe/S-CN catalyst with low metal content (0.589 wt%) metal species still achieve a high half-wave potential of 0.880 V, exceeding the commercial Pt/C (0.844 V). The Zn-air battery composed of Fe/S-CN catalysts as air cathodes also exhibited excellent performance. This work exhibition a convenient strategy for the fabrication of low-metal ORR catalysts with reciprocity and layered multi-hole and proves its magnificent potential for ORR catalysis and Zn-air batteries. [Display omitted] •Construction of graded porous carbon electrocatalysts using water-soluble templating agents.•Fe/S-CN catalyst with only a trace of Fe and successfully doped with S,N to obtain high ORR activity.•The Zn-air battery constructed with Fe/S-CN catalysts as air cathodes have excellent performance.
ISSN:0925-8388
1873-4669
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166777