Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Phthalocyanine Tri-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibre-Based Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Air Electrode
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material Preparation
2.2. Physical Characterization
2.3. Electrochemical Characterization
2.4. Zn–Air Battery Testing
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physical Characterization
3.2. ORR and OER Studies in 0.1 M KOH
3.3. Zn–Air Battery Testing
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalyst Designation | Electrospinning Solution Components |
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FeNi-CNF | 10% [BMIm]Ac; 58% PAN; 16% FePc; 16% NiPc |
CoNi-CNF | 10% [BMIm]Ac; 58% PAN; 16% CoPc; 16% NiPc |
FeCoNi-CNF | 10% [BMIm]Ac; 58% PAN; 10.6% FePc; 10.6% CoPc; 10.6% NiPc |
Catalyst Material | C | N | O | Fe | Co | Ni |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FeNi-CNF | 83.1 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.5 |
CoNi-CNF | 82.4 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
FeCoNi-CNF | 83.6 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Catalyst material | imine | pyridinic-N | TM-Nx | pyrrolic-N | graphitic-N | bulk N-H |
FeNi-CNF | 1 | 47 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 3 |
CoNi-CNF | 2 | 46 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 2 |
FeCoNi-CNF | 3 | 45 | 11 | 29 | 9 | 3 |
Electrode | E1/2 (V) | E10 (V) | ∆E (V) |
---|---|---|---|
FeNi-CNF | 0.68 | - | - |
CoNi-CNF | 0.76 | - | - |
FeCoNi-CNF | 0.77 | 1.66 | 0.89 |
FeCoNi-CNF-750 | 0.76 | 1.72 | 0.96 |
FeCoNi-CNF-850 | 0.77 | 1.71 | 0.94 |
FeCoNi-CNF-1M | 0.78 | - | - |
FeCoNi-CNF-3M | 0.71 | - | - |
Catalyst | E1/2, V | E10, V | ΔE, V | OCV, V | Pmax, mW cm−2 | Specific Capacity, mAh gZn−1 | Stability, Time @j (mA cm−2) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FeCoNi-CNF | 0.77 | 1.66 | 0.89 | 1.51 | 120 | 407 | 68 h @5 | This work |
Zn0.4Ni0.6Co2O4/NCNTs | 0.78 | 1.64 | 0.86 | 1.48 | 109 | 690 | 100 cycles @25 | [26] |
Mn0.5Ni0.5Co2O4 3DOM | 0.76 | 1.63 | 0.87 | 1.38 | 117 | - | 21 h @10 | [30] |
5 wt%-Ni/PDC | 0.62 | 1.61 | 0.99 | 1.24 | 59 | 608 | 200 h @5 | [46] |
FeNi/N-CPCF-950 | 0.87 | 1.59 | 0.72 | 1.48 | 161 | 751 | 640 h @10 | [23] |
FeNiN-MWCNT | 0.87 | 1.59 | 0.72 | 1.45 | 84.5 | - | 48 h @1 | [37] |
Co3O4/Fe2O3NAs@CNFs | 0.80 | 1.60 | 0.80 | 1.53 | 256 | - | 40 h @10 | [70] |
Ni|MnO/CNF | 0.83 | 1.59 | 0.76 | 1.56 | 139 | - | 120 h @10 | [24] |
CoFe-LDH@FeCo NPs-N-CNTs | 0.89 | 1.57 | 0.68 | 1.51 | 116 | 799 | 100 h @10 | [82] |
H-Co@FeCo/N/C | 0.91 | 1.61 | 0.70 | 1.45 | 125.2 | - | 200 h @10 | [81] |
FeCoNi-NC | 0.89 | 1.54 | 0.65 | 1.52 | 315 | 804 | 100 h @50 | [28] |
Fe/Co/Zn-CNZIF | 0.85 | 1.58 | 0.73 | 1.46 | 157 | 769 | 137 h @5 | [32] |
Vo-CoFe/CoFe2O4@NC | 0.86 | 1.59 | 0.73 | 1.53 | 140 | 775 | 45 h @10 | [87] |
NiCo2O4(90):GNRN(10) | 0.76 | 1.62 | 0.86 | 1.43 | 69 | 702 | 96 h @2 | [66] |
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Muuli, K.; Kumar, R.; Mooste, M.; Gudkova, V.; Treshchalov, A.; Piirsoo, H.-M.; Kikas, A.; Aruväli, J.; Kisand, V.; Tamm, A.; et al. Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Phthalocyanine Tri-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibre-Based Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Air Electrode. Materials 2023, 16, 4626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16134626
Muuli K, Kumar R, Mooste M, Gudkova V, Treshchalov A, Piirsoo H-M, Kikas A, Aruväli J, Kisand V, Tamm A, et al. Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Phthalocyanine Tri-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibre-Based Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Air Electrode. Materials. 2023; 16(13):4626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16134626
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuuli, Kaur, Rohit Kumar, Marek Mooste, Viktoria Gudkova, Alexey Treshchalov, Helle-Mai Piirsoo, Arvo Kikas, Jaan Aruväli, Vambola Kisand, Aile Tamm, and et al. 2023. "Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Phthalocyanine Tri-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibre-Based Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Air Electrode" Materials 16, no. 13: 4626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16134626