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Carbon nanotube-encapsulated Co/Co 3 Fe 7 heterojunctions as a highly-efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc-air batteries.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2024 April 7
In oxygen electrocatalysis, how to rationally design low-cost catalysts with reasonable structure and long-term stability is a crucial issue. Here, an in-situ growth strategy is used to construct a shaped structure encapsulating a uniformly-dispersed Co/Co3 Fe7 heterojunction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Co/Co3 Fe7 @NCNTs). Hollow CoFe layered-double-hydroxide prisms act as sacrifices for in-situ growth of Co/Co3 Fe7 nanoparticles, which also catalyze the growth of bamboo-like NCNTs. Tubular structure not only accelerates the charge transfer through the interactions between Co and Co3 Fe7 , but also limits the aggregation of the particles, thereby promoting the 4e- oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) kinetics and stabilizing the bifunctional activity. Co/Co3 Fe7 @NCNTs-800 (pyrolyzed at 800 °C) shows exceptional ORR activity (half-wave potential of 0.89 V) and methanol tolerance. Meanwhile, Co/Co3 Fe7 @NCNTs-800 shows a small OER overpotential of 280 mV, which increases by only 9 mV after 1000 cyclic voltammetry (CV) cycles. The outstanding bifunctionality (potential gap of 0.62 V) is ascribed to the electronic structure modulation at the Co/Co3 Fe7 heterointerface. Notably, it also has a high performance as an air-cathode for rechargeable zinc-air battery, showing high power density (165 mW cm-2 ) and specific capacity (770.5 m Ah kg-1 ). This work provides a new reference for promoting the development of alloy catalysts with heterogeneous interfaces.
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