N, P Co-doped Hierarchical Porous Graphene as a Metal-Free Bifunctional Air Cathode for Zn−Air Batteries

Lijun Zhou, Chunyan Zhang, Xiaoyi Cai, Yao Qian, Haifeng Jiang, Baosheng Li, Linfei Lai, Zexiang Shen, Wei Huang

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Abstract

The development of high-efficiency Zn−air batteries represents one of the emerging energy storage and conversion technologies. In this work, hierarchically structured N, P co-doped graphene (NPHG) has been synthesized through the chemical polymerization of aniline and phytic acid in the presence of SiO2 nanoparticles and applied as air cathodes for rechargeable Zn−air batteries, owing to its high bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic activities. The P−N bond, rather than P−C or P=N bonds, in NPHG is proposed to be responsible for the high catalytic activity. The rechargeable Zn−air batteries assembled from this NPHG exhibited much higher reversibility and better stability as compared with a benchmark Pt/C catalyst.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1811-1816
Number of pages6
JournalChemElectroChem
Volume5
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bifunctional electrocatalystic
  • graphene
  • OER
  • ORR
  • Zn−air battery

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