@article{Wang2020, 
author = {Yiyan Wang and Anuj Kumar and Mang Ma and Yin Jia and Yu Wang and Ying Zhang and Guoxin Zhang and Xiaoming Sun and Zifeng Yan},
title = {Hierarchical peony-like FeCo-NC with conductive network and highly active sites as efficient electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn-air battery},
year = {2020},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {13},
number = {4},
pages = {1090-1099},
keywords = {carbon nanotube, rechargeable zinc-air battery, hierarchical structure, atomically dispersed catalyst, oxygen electrocatalyst},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-020-2751-7},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-020-2751-7},
abstract = {Carbon materials featuring hierarchical pores and atomically dispersed metal sites are promising catalysts for energy storage and conversion applications. Herein, we developed a facile strategy to construct functional carbon materials with a fluffy peony-like structure and dense binary FeCo-Nx active sites (termed as f-FeCo-CNT). By regulating the metal content in precursors, a three-dimensional (3D) interconnected conductive carbon nanotubes network was in-situ formed throughout the atomically dispersed FeCo-NC matrix during pyrolysis. Taking advantage of rich pore hierarchy and co-existence of highly active FeCo-Nx sites and beneficial FeCo alloy nanoparticles, the f-FeCo-CNT material exhibited excellent bifunctional performance towards oxygen reduction reaction/oxygen evolution reactions (ORR/OER) with respect to the atomically dispersed FeCo-NC (SA-f-FeCo-NC) and commercial Pt/C+RuO2 mixture, surpassing the SA-f-FeCo-NC with a 20 mV higher ORR half-wave potential and a 100 mV lower OER overpotential (at 10.0 mA/cm2). Remarkably, the f-FeCo-CNT-assembled Zn-air battery (ZAB) possessed a maximum specific power of 195.8 mW/cm2, excellent rate capability, and very good cycling stability at large current density of 20.0 mA/cm2. This work provides a facile and feasible synthetic strategy of constructing low-cost cathode materials with excellent comprehensive ZAB performance.}
}