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Nitrogen and cobalt-doped porous biocarbon materials derived from corn stover as efficient electrocatalysts for aluminum-air batteries

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  • Liu, Zhenning
  • Li, Zhiyuan
  • Ma, Jian
  • Dong, Xu
  • Ku, Wen
  • Wang, Mi
  • Sun, Hang
  • Liang, Song
  • Lu, Guolong

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Development of convenient, economic and large scale catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium is of great significance to practical applications of aluminum-air batteries. Herein, a corn-stover-derived, nitrogen and cobalt co-doped porous biocarbon material has been prepared and utilized as ORR catalysts in aluminum-air batteries. The resultant product (NCAC-Co) exhibits an interconnected hierarchical porous structure with a high specific surface area (1877.3 m2 g−1). The electrocatalytic characterization of NCAC-Co reveals a half-wave potential (0.743 V vs. RHE) only slightly lower than that of commercial Pt/C (0.793 V vs. RHE) in alkaline medium. Moreover, NCAC-Co also demonstrates the mechanism of 4-electron oxygen reduction (n = 3.87) and outstanding durability. The excellent ORR performance of NCAC-Co can be attributed to the presence of pyridinic N, graphitic N and Co nanoparticles as well as the interconnected hierarchical porous structure. More importantly, NCAC-Co also delivers a good behavior when applied in aluminum-air batteries. The work presented herein shows the NCAC-Co derived from corn stover holds good promise to be an alternative of economic and large scale catalysts for metal-air batteries.

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  • Liu, Zhenning & Li, Zhiyuan & Ma, Jian & Dong, Xu & Ku, Wen & Wang, Mi & Sun, Hang & Liang, Song & Lu, Guolong, 2018. "Nitrogen and cobalt-doped porous biocarbon materials derived from corn stover as efficient electrocatalysts for aluminum-air batteries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 453-459.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:162:y:2018:i:c:p:453-459
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.175
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