Dynamic electrocatalyst with current-driven oxyhydroxide shell for rechargeable zinc-air battery.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Apr 2020
23 Apr 2020
Historique:
received:
23
01
2020
accepted:
27
03
2020
entrez:
25
4
2020
pubmed:
25
4
2020
medline:
25
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Recent fruitful studies on rechargeable zinc-air battery have led to emergence of various bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts, especially metal-based materials. However, their electrocatalytic configuration and evolution pathway during battery operation are rarely spotlighted. Herein, to depict the underlying behaviors, a concept named dynamic electrocatalyst is proposed. By selecting a bimetal nitride as representation, a current-driven "shell-bulk" configuration is visualized via time-resolved X-ray and electron spectroscopy analyses. A dynamic picture sketching the generation and maturation of nanoscale oxyhydroxide shell is presented, and periodic valence swings of performance-dominant element are observed. Upon maturation, zinc-air battery experiences a near two-fold enlargement in power density to 234 mW cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 32327651
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15853-1
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15853-1
pmc: PMC7181633
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada)
ID : N/A
Organisme : University of Waterloo | Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo (WIN)
ID : N/A
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