Thin carbon layer covered Co<sub>4</sub>N cubes encapsulated in N-doped porous carbon nanocage as tri-functional catalysts with enhanced charge-transfer efficiency for Zn-air battery and overall water-splitting
Guanghui Zhang, Lingxue Zhao, Guangda Li, Liqiang Xu
Abstract
Co 4 N encapsulated in a porous nanocage as a tri-functional catalyst are designed, which exhibited high-efficiency activity and long-term durability toward ORR/OER. DFT analyses indicated the existence of Co–N–C as active sites in enhancing the RDS.
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