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Saha P, Shaheen Shah S, Ali M, Nasiruzzaman Shaikh M, Aziz MA, Saleh Ahammad AJ. Cobalt Oxide-Based Electrocatalysts with Bifunctionality for High-Performing Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300216. [PMID: 37651034 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
In recent years, the rapid growth in renewable energy applications has created a significant demand for efficient energy storage solutions on a large scale. Among the various options, rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have emerged as an appealing choice in green energy storage technology due to their higher energy density, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. Regarding this fact, a spotlight is shaded on air electrode for constructing high-performance ZABs. Cobalt oxide-based electrocatalysts on the air electrode have gained significant attention due to their extraordinary features. Particularly, exploration and integration of bifunctional behavior for energy storage has remarkably promoted both ORR and OER to facilitate the overall performance of the battery. The plot of this review is forwarded towards in-depth analysis of the latest advancements in electrocatalysts that are based on cobalt oxide and possess bifunctional properties along with an introduction of the fundamental aspects of ZABs, Additionally, the topic entails an examination of the morphological variations and mechanistic details mentioning about the synthesis processes. Finally, a direction is provided for future research endeavors through addressing the challenges and prospects in the advancement of next-generation bifunctional electrocatalysts to empower high-performing ZABs with bifunctional cobalt oxide.
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Affiliation(s)
- Protity Saha
- Department of Chemistry, Jagannath University, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh
- present address: Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Dhaka, 1216, Bnagladesh
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage (IRC-HES), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5040, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Jagannath University, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh
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Zhang J, Deng W, Weng Y, Li X, Mao H, Lu T, Zhang W, Long D, Jiang F. Experimentally revealed and theoretically certified synergistic electronic interaction of V-doped CoS for facilitating the oxygen evolution reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:21661-21672. [PMID: 37551545 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02849f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Since electrocatalytic oxygen evolution (OER) is a four-electron transfer reaction with very slow kinetics, there is great competition to develop cheap, durable and efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution. A molecular model is designed for density functional theory (DFT) simulation calculations to guide the experiment, and this hypothesis is fully supported by the experimental data. Herein, regulating the composition and morphology of the bimetallic VCo and MoCo sulfide and monometallic sulfide nanoparticles (NPs) at the oil-water interface was achieved via a one-step hydrothermal method for efficient and durable OER electrocatalysts. Compared to CoS and MoCoS, the VCoS NPs show superior OER performance. By adjusting the atomic composition ratio of the VCoS nanoparticles, the VCoS NPs (1 : 2 : 1.5 mole ratio) showed a significant OER overpotential η = 255 mV (10 mA cm-2), and their outstanding stability was demonstrated after 48 h of continuous testing. The CoS and MoCoS NPs were also tested for comparison. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that appropriate V doping (VCoS) can heighten the density of states (DOS) of the Fermi level, which generates more charge density and reduces the intermediate adsorption energy. This study not only provides efficient and powerful integrated catalysts, but also details a DFT calculation model guided by experiments to regulate the oxygen insertion technology, thus leading to the design of ideal materials and enabling more far-reaching applications in electrocatalysis.
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- Jingjing Zhang
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Textile, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- Key Laboratory in Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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Zhang S, Hou JA, Hu J, Zhang CY. In situ Self-Catalyzed Growth of Manganese-Embedded 3D Flakes-Coated Carbon Rod as an Efficient Oxygen-Reduction Reaction Catalyst of Zinc-Air Batteries. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202989. [PMID: 36322047 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The in situ self-catalyzed growth of manganese-embedded 3D flakes-coated carbon rods (GFC) as an efficient oxygen-reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst of Zinc-air batteries is described for the first time. By optimizing the amount of Mn in the precursor, a series of 3D graphene-like flakes-coated carbon rods were synthesized. GFC with a doping amount of Mn of 10 % (GFC-10) exhibits excellent ORR performance with an onset potential of 0.94 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode). The Zinc-air battery is constructed with GFC-10 as the cathode catalyst, and it exhibits a peak power density of 128.9 mW cm-2 and a cycling stability of 75 h at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , which are superior to the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C-based Zinc-air battery. Interestingly, the introduction of Mn facilitates the self-catalyzed growth of carbon rods, and the change of Mn amount can effectively regulate the morphology of materials. The improved ORR performance of the catalyst is ascribed to the synergistic effect of unique hierarchical porous structure, high-charge transport capacity, abundant carbon defects/edges and Mn-Nx sites. This research provides a new avenue to fabricating highly active Mn-based electrocatalysts for renewable energy systems.
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- Shuangshuang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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Bezerra LS, Mooste M, Fortunato GV, S. F. Cardoso E, R. V. Lanza M, Tammeveski K, Maia G. Tuning NiCo2O4 bifunctionality with nitrogen-doped graphene nanoribbons in oxygen electrocatalysis for zinc-air battery application. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.117000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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