Applied Surface Science ( IF 6.3 ) Pub Date : 2022-07-09 , DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154195
Xuerui Li , Jiannan Du , Jin Liu , Xiaoqin Xu , Ying Dai , Yang Yu , Lang Yuan , Jiahao Xie , Jinlong Zou
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Oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) play the vital roles in energy-conversion devices, especially for Zn-air batteries (ZABs). However, it is always a challenge to explore a stable bifunctional catalyst. Here, WO3-anchored ZIF-67-derived CoO@graphitized carbon is wrapped by a thin carbon-layer to obtain CoO@GC/WO3@CL catalysts. The well-crystallized WO3 nanospheres are evolved from WO3 microrods via an intra-particle maturation. For ORR, the peak-potential of CoO@GC/WO3@CL-800 (800 ℃) (0.81 V vs. RHE) is higher than that of Pt/C (0.79 V). Synergies between WO3 (oxygen vacancies) and CoO (Co2+) improve mass/charge transfer to boost the 4e− pathway. For OER, CoO@GC/WO3@CL-800 has a lower overpotential (330 mV) than RuO2 (490 mV) at 10 mA cm−2. The O2 evolution rate can reach 0.125 mmol s−1 with a high Faraday efficiency of 96.7 %. Cooperation between CoOOH and oxygen vacancies promotes the H2O-oxidation to boost the O2-generation. A relatively low ΔE [Ej=10(OER)-E1/2(ORR)] of 0.72 V confirms the highly-stable ORR/OER activities of CoO@GC/WO3@CL-800, which obtains a higher power density (138 mW cm−2) than Pt/C + RuO2 cathode in primary ZABs. This study indicates a new direction to build a multilayer-structured ORR/OER catalyst by using ZIFs as templates.
中文翻译:

锚定在十二面体 CoO(Co2+)@carbon 上的具有富氧空位的微棒演化 WO3 纳米球作为氧还原/演化反应的耐用催化剂
氧还原/析出反应 (ORR/OER) 在能量转换装置中发挥着至关重要的作用,特别是对于锌空气电池 (ZABs)。然而,探索稳定的双功能催化剂始终是一个挑战。在这里,WO 3锚定的 ZIF-67 衍生的 CoO@石墨化碳被一层薄碳层包裹以获得 CoO@GC/WO 3 @CL 催化剂。结晶良好的WO 3纳米球是由WO 3微棒通过颗粒内成熟演化而来的。对于 ORR,CoO@GC/WO 3 @CL-800 (800 ℃) (0.81 V vs. RHE) 的峰电位高于 Pt/C (0.79 V)。WO 3(氧空位)和CoO(Co 2+)之间的协同作用改善了质量/电荷转移以促进4e-途径。对于 OER,CoO@GC/WO 3 @CL-800在 10 mA cm -2下的过电位 (330 mV) 低于 RuO 2 (490 mV) 。O 2释放速率可达0.125 mmol s -1,法拉第效率高达96.7 %。CoOOH和氧空位之间的合作促进了H 2 O的氧化,从而促进了O 2的生成。0.72 V的相对较低的 ΔE [E j=10 (OER)-E 1/2 (ORR)] 证实了 CoO@GC/WO 3 @CL-800高度稳定的 ORR/OER 活性,获得了更高的功率密度 (138 mW cm -2 ) 比 Pt/C + RuO 2初级 ZAB 中的阴极。本研究为以 ZIFs 为模板构建多层结构的 ORR/OER 催化剂指明了新方向。