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Yuhua Xie1,2, Yumei Feng2, Shiao Zhu2
1State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials & Advanced Processing Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Abstract:
High-performance bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the keystone for the industrialization of rechargeable zinc-air battery (ZAB). In this work, the modulation in the spin state of Fe single atom on nitrogen doped carbon (Fe1-NC) is devised by Co3O4 (Co3O4@Fe1-NC), and a mediate spin state is recorded. Besides, the d band center of Fe is downshifted associated with the increment in eg filling revealing the weakened interaction with OH* moiety, resulting in a boosted ORR performance. The ORR kinetic current density of Co3O4@Fe1-NC is 2.0- and 5.6 times higher than Fe1-NC and commercial Pt/C, respectively. Moreover, high spin state is found for Co in Co3O4@Fe1-NC contributing to the accelerated surface reconstruction of Co3O4 witnessed by operando Raman and electrochemical impedance spectroscopies. A robust OER activity with overpotential of 352 mV at 50 mA cm-2 is achieved, decreased by 18 and 60 mV by comparison with Co3O4@NC and IrO2. The operando Raman reveals a balanced adsorption of OH* species and its deprotonation leading to robust stability. The ZAB performance of Co3O4@Fe1-NC is 193.2 mW cm-2 and maintains for 200 h. Furthermore, the all-solid-state ZAB shows a promising battery performance of 163.1 mW cm-2.
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