Application of nitrogen-doped graphene-like cobalt nanoparticle composite catalysts in zinc-air batteries

IF 4.1 3区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jelechem.2025.119102

Kangkang Zhao , Jiangwei Liu , Wencheng Liu , Xiaoxiao Zheng , Safia Khan , Yafei Ning , Hu Li , Kuihua Han

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Abstract

Development of stable, active and noble-metal-free catalysts is substantial for leading-edge technology of high-efficiency zinc-air batteries. In this study, β-cyclodextrin is employed as the coating material as well as reducing agent to develop a nitrogen-doped carbon layer-encapsulated Co nanoparticle catalyst. The catalyst demonstrated a significant synergistic effect between Co nanoparticles and N-β-CD, exhibiting exceptional performance, durability, and methanol tolerance in both the oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. Aqueous electrolyte ZAB demonstrated a high peak power density of 146.2 mW cm⁻², a specific capacity of up to 783.3 mAh g⁻¹, and long-term stability for over 500 h, thereby proposing a novel synthetic strategy for economical non-precious metal catalysts. Enormous potential of integrating the N-β-CD@CoNPs catalyst architecture is validated for advanced energy storage and conversion devices.

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Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 化学-电化学

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7.80

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6.70%

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912

审稿时长

2.4 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry is the foremost international journal devoted to the interdisciplinary subject of electrochemistry in all its aspects, theoretical as well as applied. Electrochemistry is a wide ranging area that is in a state of continuous evolution. Rather than compiling a long list of topics covered by the Journal, the editors would like to draw particular attention to the key issues of novelty, topicality and quality. Papers should present new and interesting electrochemical science in a way that is accessible to the reader. The presentation and discussion should be at a level that is consistent with the international status of the Journal. Reports describing the application of well-established techniques to problems that are essentially technical will not be accepted. Similarly, papers that report observations but fail to provide adequate interpretation will be rejected by the Editors. Papers dealing with technical electrochemistry should be submitted to other specialist journals unless the authors can show that their work provides substantially new insights into electrochemical processes.