Rational design and synthesis of bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts with high activity and stability are key challenges in the development of rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs). In this paper, tungsten carbide (WC) and Co7Fe3 embedded in N,P co-doped hierarchical carbon (WC/Co7Fe3-NPHC) was prepared by using zeolite imidazolate frameworks as precursor. Density functional theory demonstrates that the mutual adjustment among the WC, Co7Fe3, and N,P co-doped carbon at the three-phase heterojunction interface makes the catalyst possess moderate adsorption strength, and greatly improves the conductivity and electron transfer rate of the catalyst. As a result, the WC/Co7Fe3-NPHC exhibits a low overall oxygen redox potential difference of 0.72 V, while the ZAB assembled by WC/Co7Fe3-NPHC as an air cathode exhibits ultra-long cycle stability of over 550 h. Futhermore, WC/Co7Fe3-NPHC can keep good charge and discharge stability at different bending angles when applied to flexible solid ZAB.
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Nano Research 2023, 16(2): 2519-2527
Published: 03 November 2022
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