Heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition-metal single-atom catalysts(SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Herein, with the aid of hierarchically porous silica as hard template, a fa...Heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition-metal single-atom catalysts(SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Herein, with the aid of hierarchically porous silica as hard template, a facile and general melting perfusion and mesopore-confined pyrolysis method was reported to prepare single-atomic Fe/N–S-doped carbon catalyst(FeNx/NC-S) with hierarchically porous structure and well-defined morphology. The FeNx/NC-S exhibited excellent ORR activity with a half-wave potential(E_(1/2)) of 0.92 V, and a lower overpotential of 320 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2)for OER under alkaline condition. The remarkable electrocatalysis performance can be attributed to the hierarchically porous carbon nanospheres with S doping and high content of Fe-Nx sites(up to 3.7 wt% of Fe), resulting from the nano-confinement effect of the hierarchically porous silica spheres(NKM-5) during the pyrolysis process. The rechargeable Zn-air battery with FeNx/NC-S as a cathode catalyst demonstrated a superior power density of 194.5 mW cm-2charge–discharge stability. This work highlights a new avenue to design advanced SACs for efficient sustainable energy storage and conversion.展开更多
开发高效的非贵金属氧还原反应(ORR)催化剂来替代铂基催化剂受到了广泛关注.设计合成在碱性电解质和酸性电解质中均表现出高催化活性的非贵金属催化剂仍然是一个挑战.在本文中,我们通过前驱体热解法制备了一种纳米复合催化剂(FeP@PGL),...开发高效的非贵金属氧还原反应(ORR)催化剂来替代铂基催化剂受到了广泛关注.设计合成在碱性电解质和酸性电解质中均表现出高催化活性的非贵金属催化剂仍然是一个挑战.在本文中,我们通过前驱体热解法制备了一种纳米复合催化剂(FeP@PGL),该催化剂由氮掺杂的碳纳米片以及镶嵌在片层上的磷掺杂石墨烯层封装磷化铁(FeP)纳米颗粒组成.FeP@PGL催化剂表现出优异的ORR催化性能,在碱性介质中的起始电位和半波电势分别高达1.01 V和0.90 V vs.RHE;在酸性介质中的起始电位和半波电势分别高达0.95 V和0.81 V vs.RHE.通过详细的电子显微和谱学表征,我们发现碳纳米片基质与包裹纳米颗粒的碳包裹层存在组成的差别,磷掺杂主要发生在包裹FeP纳米颗粒的石墨烯层上.封装的FeP纳米颗粒与外层磷掺杂石墨烯层之间存在界面电荷转移,并且通过界面相互作用降低了催化剂表面的功函数.FeP和磷掺杂石墨烯层之间的界面协同作用对于增强催化剂ORR活性至关重要.本文不仅证明了封装型FeP基纳米复合催化剂在氧还原反应上的应用价值,而且为界面电荷转移效应及其在ORR过程中的作用提供了实验证据.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21773128)。
文摘Heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition-metal single-atom catalysts(SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Herein, with the aid of hierarchically porous silica as hard template, a facile and general melting perfusion and mesopore-confined pyrolysis method was reported to prepare single-atomic Fe/N–S-doped carbon catalyst(FeNx/NC-S) with hierarchically porous structure and well-defined morphology. The FeNx/NC-S exhibited excellent ORR activity with a half-wave potential(E_(1/2)) of 0.92 V, and a lower overpotential of 320 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2)for OER under alkaline condition. The remarkable electrocatalysis performance can be attributed to the hierarchically porous carbon nanospheres with S doping and high content of Fe-Nx sites(up to 3.7 wt% of Fe), resulting from the nano-confinement effect of the hierarchically porous silica spheres(NKM-5) during the pyrolysis process. The rechargeable Zn-air battery with FeNx/NC-S as a cathode catalyst demonstrated a superior power density of 194.5 mW cm-2charge–discharge stability. This work highlights a new avenue to design advanced SACs for efficient sustainable energy storage and conversion.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21773128,21534005,and 21421001)。
文摘开发高效的非贵金属氧还原反应(ORR)催化剂来替代铂基催化剂受到了广泛关注.设计合成在碱性电解质和酸性电解质中均表现出高催化活性的非贵金属催化剂仍然是一个挑战.在本文中,我们通过前驱体热解法制备了一种纳米复合催化剂(FeP@PGL),该催化剂由氮掺杂的碳纳米片以及镶嵌在片层上的磷掺杂石墨烯层封装磷化铁(FeP)纳米颗粒组成.FeP@PGL催化剂表现出优异的ORR催化性能,在碱性介质中的起始电位和半波电势分别高达1.01 V和0.90 V vs.RHE;在酸性介质中的起始电位和半波电势分别高达0.95 V和0.81 V vs.RHE.通过详细的电子显微和谱学表征,我们发现碳纳米片基质与包裹纳米颗粒的碳包裹层存在组成的差别,磷掺杂主要发生在包裹FeP纳米颗粒的石墨烯层上.封装的FeP纳米颗粒与外层磷掺杂石墨烯层之间存在界面电荷转移,并且通过界面相互作用降低了催化剂表面的功函数.FeP和磷掺杂石墨烯层之间的界面协同作用对于增强催化剂ORR活性至关重要.本文不仅证明了封装型FeP基纳米复合催化剂在氧还原反应上的应用价值,而且为界面电荷转移效应及其在ORR过程中的作用提供了实验证据.
