Jun-Ye Zhang, Chenfeng Xia, Yaqiong Su, Lianhai Zu, Zaiwang Zhao, Peng Li, Zirui Lv, Jiazheng Wang, Bingbao Mei, Kun Lan, Tiancong Zhao, Pengfei Zhang, Weinan Chen, Shahid Zaman, Yi Liu, Liang Peng, Bao Yu Xia, Ahmed Elzatahry, Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao
The high-current-density Zn-air battery shows big prospects in next-generation energy technologies, while sluggish O2 reaction and diffusion kinetics barricade the applications. Herein, the sequential assembly is innovatively demonstrated for hierarchically mesoporous molybdenum carbides/carbon microspheres with a tunable thickness of mesoporous carbon layers (Meso-Mo2 C/C-x, where x represents the thickness). The optimum Meso-Mo2 C/C-14 composites (≈2 µm in diameter) are composed of mesoporous nanosheets (≈38 nm in thickness), which possess bilateral mesoporous carbon layers (≈14 nm in thickness), inner Mo2 C/C layers (≈8 nm in thickness) with orthorhombic Mo2 C nanoparticles (≈2 nm in diameter), a high surface area of ≈426 m2 g-1 , and open mesopores (≈6...
November 27, 2023: Small