Citation: Hai Wang, Liyun Cao, Yongqiang Feng, Junsheng Chen, Weihang Feng, Tianmi Luo, Yuzhu Hu, Chengke Yuan, Yajuan Zhao, Yong Zhao, Koji Kajiyoshi, Yijun Liu, Zhenjiang Li, Jianfeng Huang. Facile synthesis of defect-rich Fe-N-C hybrid from fullerene/ferrotetraphenylporphyrin as efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for Zn-air battery[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(5): 107601. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.06.024 shu

Facile synthesis of defect-rich Fe-N-C hybrid from fullerene/ferrotetraphenylporphyrin as efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for Zn-air battery

Hai Wang ^a ,
Liyun Cao ^{a, *,} ,
Yongqiang Feng ^{a, *,} ,
Junsheng Chen ^a ,
Weihang Feng ^a ,
Tianmi Luo ^a ,
Yuzhu Hu ^a ,
Chengke Yuan ^a ,
Yajuan Zhao ^a ,
Yong Zhao ^c ,
Koji Kajiyoshi ^b ,
Yijun Liu ^c ,
Zhenjiang Li ^d ,
Jianfeng Huang ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
b.
Kochi University, Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
c.
Guangdong Mona Lisa Group Co., Ltd., Foshan 528211, China
d.
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China

caoliyun@sust.edu.cn

fengyq@sust.edu.cn

huangjf@sust.edu.cn

Received Date: 11 May 2022
Revised Date: 25 May 2022
Accepted Date: 8 June 2022
Available Online: 13 June 2022

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Exploring remarkable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts for regenerative fuel cells and metal-air batteries is highly essential. Herein, a novel non-noble metal-based heterogeneous electrocatalyst with rich defects were successfully synthesized by liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation (LLIP) of fullerene (C₆₀) and ferrotetraphenylporphyrin (FeTPP) followed by one step pyrolysis. The obtained product annealed at 700 ℃ (C₆₀/FeTPP-700), when employed as ORR electrocatalyst, revealed a positive half-wave potential (E_1/2) of 0.877 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which was superior to that of the commercial 25% Pt/C. Delightfully, the assembled Zn-air battery (ZAB) using C₆₀/FeTPP-700 as an air-electrode catalyst exhibited a high power density of 153 mW/cm², specific capacity of 668 mAh/g and long-term cycling stability for more than 250 h. Experimental results proved that the excellent electrocatalytic ORR activity of C₆₀/FeTPP-700 would attribute to the synergistic effect between FeN_x sites, Fe₃C/Fe nanoparticles and the structure defects. This work provides a feasible and simple method to prepare non-noble metal-based ORR electrocatalysts for the application of energy storage and conversion.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Electrocatalyst,
- Fullerene,
- Defect,
- Zn-air battery
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