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Direct Magnetic Reinforcement of Electrocatalytic ORR/OER with Electromagnetic Induction of Magnetic Catalysts
Author(s) -
Yan Jianhua,
Wang Ying,
Zhang Yuanyuan,
Xia Shuhui,
Yu Jianyong,
Ding Bin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.202007525
Subject(s) - overpotential , nanocages , materials science , catalysis , cobalt , nanodot , oxygen evolution , bifunctional , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrochemistry , metallurgy , electrode , biochemistry , engineering
Designing stable and efficient electrocatalysts for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR/OER) at low‐cost is challenging. Here, a carbon‐based bifunctional catalyst of magnetic catalytic nanocages that can direct enhance the oxygen catalytic activity by simply applying a moderate (350 mT) magnetic field is reported. The catalysts, with high porosity of 90% and conductivity of 905 S m −1 , are created by in situ doping metallic cobalt nanodots (≈10 nm) into macroporous carbon nanofibers with a facile electrospinning method. An external magnetic field makes the cobalt magnetized into nanomagnets with high spin polarization, which promote the adsorption of oxygen‐intermediates and electron transfer, significantly improving the catalytic efficiency. Impressively, the half wave‐potential is increased by 20 mV for ORR, and the overpotential at 10 mA cm −2 is decreased by 15 mV for OER. Compared with the commercial Pt/C+IrO 2 catalysts, the magnetic catalyzed Zn–air batteries deliver 2.5‐fold of capacities and exhibit much longer durability over 155 h. The findings point out a very promising strategy of using electromagnetic induction to boost oxygen catalytic activity.