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Correlative Mn-Co catalyst excels Pt in oxygen reduction reaction of quasi-solid-state zinc-air batteries

Tingting Wang1, Jincheng Huang1, Wei Sang2, Cai Zhou1, Bohan Zhang1, Wei Zhu1, Kang Du1, Zongkui Kou2( ), Shengxiang Wang1( )
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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A correlated Mn-Co catalyst dramatically produces a superior power density than that of Pt when assembled as the cathode of the quasi-solid-state (QSS) zinc-air batteries (ZABs), but inferior performance on rotating disk electrode due to an uncommon synergistic effect between Mn and Co, enabling them not to be affected by low H2O environment in the QSS ZABs.

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Zn-air batteries (ZABs) as a class of promising energy storage setups are generally powered by efficient and robust catalysts at the oxygen-involving cathode. Although the existing non-noble catalysts have outperformed noble Pt benchmark in the alkaline liquid-state ZABs, to the best of our knowledge few have excelled Pt in quasi-solid-state (QSS) ZABs. Herein, we found that an integrated Mn-Co cathode derived from the bimetallic Mn/Co metal organic frameworks generates a 1.4-fold greater power density in the QSS ZABs than a Pt cathode while its power density in liquid-state ZABs is only 0.8-fold of the latter. Moreover, such Mn-Co catalyst delivers high-rate oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) capability with half-wave potential of 0.84 V. The in-depth characterizations and analyses have demonstrated that the Co and Mn species show the specific affinity towards H2O and O2, respectively, synergizing the ORR process in the water-deficient environment of QSS ZABs. This work has enlightened the rational design of non-noble metal catalysts to improve the power density of QSS ZABs.

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non-noble metal catalystszinc-air batteryquasi-solid-statesynergistic effect

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 5,
May 2024
Pages 4118-4124
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-6332-4
Cite this article:
Wang T, Huang J, Sang W, et al. Correlative Mn-Co catalyst excels Pt in oxygen reduction reaction of quasi-solid-state zinc-air batteries. Nano Research, 2024, 17(5): 4118-4124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6332-4
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Received: 03 October 2023
Revised: 08 November 2023
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Published: 12 December 2023
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