N-doped defective carbon with trace Co for efficient rechargeable liquid electrolyte-/all-solid-state Zn-air batteries

Zhiyan Chen, Qichen Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Yongpeng Lei, Wei Hu, Yao Luo, Yaobing Wang

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Abstract

Simple synthesis of multifunctional electrocatalysts with plentiful active sites from earth-abundant materials is especially fascinating. Here, N-doped defective carbon with trace Co (1.5 wt%) was prepared via a scalable one pot solid pyrolysis process. The sample exhibits efficient bifunctional OER/ORR activity in alkaline, mainly ascribed to the unique micro-mesoporous structure (1–3 nm), high population of graphitic-N doping (up to 49.0%), abundant defects and the encapsulated Co nanoparticles with graphitized carbon. The according rechargeable liquid Zn-air batteries showed excellent performance (maximum power density of 154.0 mW cm−2; energy density of 773 Wh kg−1 at 5 mA cm−2 and charging-discharging cycling stability over 100 cycles). As a proof-of-concept, the flexible, rechargeable all-solid-state Zn-air batteries were constructed, and displayed a maximum power density as high as 45.9 mW cm−2, among the top level of those reported previously.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)548-555
Number of pages8
JournalScience Bulletin
Volume63
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 May 15
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Defect
  • Oxygen electrocatalysts
  • Rechargeable all-solid-state batteries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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