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Heterogeneous assembling 3D free-standing Co@carbon membrane enabling efficient fluid and flexible zinc-air batteries

Jinming Wang, Xiangjian Liu, Liuhua Li, Rui Liu, Yarong Liu, Changli Wang, Zunhang Lv, Wenxiu Yang( ), Xiao Feng, Bo Wang( )
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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The excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) capability and flexibility properties of the assembled Zn-air batteries were achieved by the controlled integration of Co@NCNT and Co@carbon nanosheets (Co@NS) into cross-linked hollow carbon nanofibers through a combination of electrostatic spinning, immersion, and subsequent pyrolysis, resulting in good charge and discharge performance under bending conditions.

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Developing an efficient, interface-rich, and free-standing non-noble-metal electrocatalyst is vital for the flexible zinc-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, a three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous carbon-based flexible membrane was assembled by Co@carbon nanosheets/carbon nanotubes and hollow carbon nanofiber (Co@NS/CNT-CNF) as an efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst with a positive half-wave potential of 0.846 V and a small Tafel slope of 79 mV·dec−1. Meanwhile, the Co@NS/CNT-CNF electrode also exhibits excellent open-circuit voltage, peak power density, and long-time cycling stability in liquid-state ZABs (1.605 V, 163 mW·cm−2, and 400 h) and flexible ZABs under flat/bending condition (1.47 V, 102 mW·cm−2, and 80 h). Such heterogeneous flexible membrane architecture not only optimizes the electrolyte infiltration, but also provides capacious possibility for O2 and electrolyte transfer. Meanwhile, work-function analyses coupled with density functional theory (DFT) results demonstrate that the electron transfer capability and metal–support interaction can be well optimized in the obtained Co@NS/CNT-CNF catalyst.

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free-standing membraneelectrocatalystscarbon nanomaterialszinc-air batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 7,
July 2023
Pages 9327-9334
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5553-x
Cite this article:
Wang J, Liu X, Li L, et al. Heterogeneous assembling 3D free-standing Co@carbon membrane enabling efficient fluid and flexible zinc-air batteries. Nano Research, 2023, 16(7): 9327-9334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5553-x
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Received: 14 December 2022
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Accepted: 07 February 2023
Published: 20 March 2023
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