摘要
Designing highly efficient non-precious based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is of significance for the rapid development of metal-air batteries.Herein,a hydrothermal-pyrolysis method is employed to fabricate Fe,N co-doped porous carbon materials as effective ORR electrocatalyst through adopting graphitic carbon nitride(g-C_(3)N_(4)) as both the self-sacrificial templates and N sources.The gC_(3)N_(4)provides a high concentration of unsaturated pyridine-type N to coordinate with iron to form Fe-N active sites.Through adjusting the Fe doping amounts,it is proved that appropriate Fe doping content is conducive to the construction of abundant defects and active sites of Fe-N.The as-prepared catalyst exhibits superior electrocatalytic ORR performance in alkaline media with half-wave potential(E_(1/2)=0.82 V) and onset potential(E_(onset)=0.95 V),equivalent to the commercial Pt/C catalyst.Moreover,there is almost no activity loss after 10 k continuous cyclic voltammetry cycles and methanol tolerance,indicating the excellent durability and superior methanol tolerance.Remarkably,when assembled as the cathode in a Zn-air battery,the device displays a power density of 99 mW/cm^(2),an open-circuit potential of 1.48 V and long-term discharge-charge cycling stability,indicating the promising potential to substitute the Pt catalyst for practical application.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1804255 and 51872076)
the Program for Innovative Research Team of Henan Scientific Committee (No. CXTD2014033)
the Project of Central Plains Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talents,Henan Province(No. 194200510001)
the Scientific and Technological Research Project,Henan province (No. 212102210651)。
