Engineering built-in electric fields in oxygen-deficient MnO-CeO<sub>2</sub>@Cs catalysts: enhanced performance and kinetics for the oxygen reduction reaction in aqueous/flexible zinc–air batteries
Lixia Wang, Xinran Hu, Huatong Li, Zhiyang Huang, Jia Huang, Tayirjan Taylor Isimjan, Xiulin Yang
Abstract
An oxygen-deficient MnO-CeO 2 @Cs catalyst, due to its high work function and strong built-in electric field, can effectively regulate charge redistribution and adsorption/desorption energies with reaction intermediates, thereby improving ORR activity.
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