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An Isolated Zinc–Cobalt Atomic Pair for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction
Author(s) -
Lu Ziyang,
Wang Bo,
Hu Yongfeng,
Liu Wei,
Zhao Yufeng,
Yang Ruoou,
Li Zhiping,
Luo Jun,
Chi Bin,
Jiang Zheng,
Li Minsi,
Mu Shichun,
Liao Shijun,
Zhang Jiujun,
Sun Xueliang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201810175
Subject(s) - overpotential , catalysis , electrocatalyst , zinc , cobalt , cathode , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , materials science , electrochemistry , electrode , organic chemistry
Abstract A competitive complexation strategy has been developed to construct a novel electrocatalyst with Zn‐Co atomic pairs coordinated on N doped carbon support (Zn/CoN‐C). Such architecture offers enhanced binding ability of O 2 , significantly elongates the O−O length (from 1.23 Å to 1.42 Å), and thus facilitates the cleavage of O−O bond, showing a theoretical overpotential of 0.335 V during ORR process. As a result, the Zn/CoN‐C catalyst exhibits outstanding ORR performance in both alkaline and acid conditions with a half‐wave potential of 0.861 and 0.796 V respectively. The in situ XANES analysis suggests Co as the active center during the ORR. The assembled zinc–air battery with Zn/CoN‐C as cathode catalyst presents a maximum power density of 230 mW cm −2 along with excellent operation durability. The excellent catalytic activity in acid is also verified by H 2 /O 2 fuel cell tests (peak power density of 705 mW cm −2 ).