吳萍副教授、蔡稱心教授課題組在JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A發(fā)表研究論文
Single-atom-sized Ni-N(4)sites anchored in three-dimensional hierarchical carbon nanostructures for the oxygen reduction reaction
Cai, ZW (Cai, Zhewei)[ 1,2 ] ; Du, P (Du, Pan)[ 1,3 ] ; Liang, WH (Liang, Wenhui)[ 1 ] ; Zhang, H (Zhang, Hui)[ 1 ] ; Wu, P (Wu, Ping)[ 1 ]*（吳萍）; Cai, CX (Cai, Chenxin)[ 1 ]*（蔡稱心） ; Yan, ZJ (Yan, Zijie)[ 2,4 ]*
[ 1 ] Nanjing Normal Univ, Coll Chem & Mat Sci, Jiangsu Collaborat Innovat Ctr Biomed Funct Mat, Jiangsu Key Lab New Power Batteries, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[ 2 ] Clarkson Univ, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, Potsdam, NY 13699 USA
[ 3 ] Jiangsu Second Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci & Chem, Nanjing 210013, Peoples R China
[ 4 ] Univ N Carolina, Dept Appl Phys Sci, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A，202008,8(30),15012-15022
The four-electron (4e(-)) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a basic reaction in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, but its wide use requires the development of efficient and inexpensive catalysts. This work demonstrates that single-atom-sized Ni-N(4)sites embedded in three-dimensional and hierarchically structured carbon (NiN4-C) exhibit a high catalytic activity for the ORR under alkaline conditions, in which their activity is better than, or at least as high as, that of commercial Pt/C catalysts. The catalyst is synthesized by simply pyrolyzing a mixture of nickel salt and EMIM-dca (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide). The product comprises many single Ni atom active sites (the content of Ni atoms in the catalyst is similar to 4.2 +/- 0.4 wt% as estimated by ICP-OES), in which each Ni atom is coordinated with four N atoms through the formation of a Ni-N(4)planar configuration. Both theoretical simulations and electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the catalyst has a high 4e(-)selectivity,i.e., it facilitates an effective 4e(-)ORR with a limiting 2e(-)reaction. Moreover, when it is integrated into a Zn-air battery, the catalyst shows a maximum power density of similar to 95 mW cm(-2), similar to the power density of Pt/C catalysts. The results are helpful for understanding and analyzing the catalytically active sites of carbon-supported single metal atom catalysts.
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https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/TA/D0TA05326K#!divAbstract
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