Carbon aerogels with atomic dispersion of binary iron–cobalt sites as effective oxygen catalysts for flexible zinc–air batteries
Yang Chen, Shengqiang Hu, Forrest Nichols, F. Bridges, Shuting Kan, Ting He, Yi Zhang, Shaowei Chen
Abstract
Hydrogel is used as a structural template and precursor to prepare carbon aerogel doped with Fe–Co bimetal sites as bifunctional catalysts for ORR and OER, which exhibits enhanced activity and stability, as compared to the monometal counterparts.
Topics & Concepts
BimetalBifunctionalAerogelCobaltCatalysisMaterials scienceCarbon fibersDispersion (optics)ZincChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryNanotechnologyComposite numberMetallurgyChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryOpticsPhysicsEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication