Dual Single-Atomic Ni-N4and Fe-N4Sites Constructing Janus Hollow Graphene for Selective Oxygen Electrocatalysis
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- 1 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 32 (30), 2003134
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003134
Abstract
Nitrogen-coordinated metal single atoms in carbon have aroused extensive interest recently and have been growing as an active research frontier in a wide range of key renewable energy reactions and devices. Herein, a step-by-step self-assembly strategy is developed to allocate nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe) single atoms respectively on the inner and outer walls of graphene hollow nanospheres (GHSs), realizing separate-sided different single-atom functionalization of hollow graphene. The Ni or Fe single atom is demonstrated to be coordinated with four N atoms via the formation of a Ni-N(4)or Fe-N(4)planar configuration. The developed Ni-N-4/GHSs/Fe-N(4)Janus material exhibits excellent bifunctional electrocatalytic performance, in which the outer Fe-N(4)clusters dominantly contribute to high activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), while the inner Ni-N(4)clusters are responsible for excellent activity toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Density functional theory calculations demonstrate the structures and reactivities of Fe-N(4)and Ni-N(4)for the ORR and OER. The Ni-N-4/GHSs/Fe-N(4)endows a rechargeable Zn-air battery with excellent energy efficiency and cycling stability as an air-cathode, outperforming that of the benchmark Pt/C+RuO(2)air-cathode. The current work paves a new avenue for precise control of single-atom sites on carbon surface for the high-performance and selective electrocatalysts.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21875112, 21902078)
- Australian Research Council
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