Synthesis of nanoporous structured iron carbide/Fe–N–carbon composites for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in Zn–air batteries

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 19037-19044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Kun Yang ◽  
Zhi-Wei Zhao ◽  
Kuang Liang ◽  
Xiao Zhou ◽  
Cong-Cong Shen ◽  
...  

An iron carbide-embedded Fe–N-doped carbon catalyst with high-performance for oxygen reduction in Zn–air batteries was prepared through a facile and effective strategy.

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 5184-5192
Author(s):  
Zuoxu Xiao ◽  
Chaoyi Yang ◽  
Shanshan Liu ◽  
Wei Yan ◽  
Fuling Wang ◽  
...  

The Fe/S/N–C electrocatalyst developed from polythiophene protected poly-porphyrin displays an overall superior electrocatalytic activity for the ORR and zinc–air batteries.


Author(s):  
Cheng-Wei Ye ◽  
Lan Xu

Developing highly active, stable, and cost-effective cathode oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts is of great practical significance to promote the widespread applicability of fuel cells (FCs).


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhimin He ◽  
Peng Wei ◽  
Ting Xu ◽  
Ziqian Guo ◽  
Jiantao Han ◽  
...  

Disrupting the integrity of sp2-carbon skeleton offers an effective strategy to create active sites for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this work, fullerene (C70) molecules, composed of 12 pentagons and...


Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
pp. 16145-16152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Kun Yang ◽  
Cheng-Zong Yuan ◽  
An-Wu Xu

High-performance single-atom iron anchored on an N-doped carbon catalyst is developed using a rationally designed Fe-tetrapyridophenazine complex as the precursor that is subsequently heat treated.


Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3780-3785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenghang You ◽  
Xiaoyuan Zen ◽  
Xiaochang Qiao ◽  
Fangfang Liu ◽  
Ting Shu ◽  
...  

A high-performance N-doped carbon catalyst with a fog-like, fluffy structure was prepared. The catalyst exhibits superior ORR performance to commercial Pt/C catalyst in alkaline medium.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Islam M. Mosa ◽  
Sourav Biswas ◽  
Abdelhamid M. El-Sawy ◽  
Venkatesh Botu ◽  
Curtis Guild ◽  
...  

Understanding the origin of manganese oxide activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key step towards rationally designing of highly active catalysts capable of competing with the widely used, state-of-art noble metal catalysts.


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