Transition metal nitrides and carbides have attracted intensive attentions in metal-air battery application due to their metallic electron transport behavior and high chemical stability toward the oxygen reduction rea...Transition metal nitrides and carbides have attracted intensive attentions in metal-air battery application due to their metallic electron transport behavior and high chemical stability toward the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR).Herein,the polyoxometalate@polyaniline composite derived WN-W_(2)C heterostructured composite(WN-W_(2)C@pDC)has been fabricated through an in situ nitriding-carbonization strategy,with WN-W_(2)C nanoparticles implanted on N doped carbon nanorods.Asfabricated WN-W_(2)C@pDC demonstrates prominent electrocatalytic performance towards ORR and excellent cycling stability in metal-air battery,which possesses positive half-wave potential and large diffusion limiting current density(0.81 V and 5.8 mA·cm^(-2)).Moreover,it demonstrates high peak power density of 157.4 mW·cm^(-2)as Al-air primary cathode and excellent stability at the discharge-charge test(>500 h)of Zn-air secondary battery.The excellent activity and durability of WNW_(2)C@pDC catalyst should be attributed to the combined effect of intimate WN-W_(2)C heterointerfaces,unique embedded nanoparticles structure,and excellent electrical media of N doped carbon,confirmed by a series of contrast experiments.展开更多
基金This work was supported by Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation and Huangshi of China(No.2022CFD039)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22008058 and 22209073)+2 种基金the Program for Innovative Teams of Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Researchers in the Higher Education Institutions of Hubei Province(No.T2021010)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20220912)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M711607).
文摘Transition metal nitrides and carbides have attracted intensive attentions in metal-air battery application due to their metallic electron transport behavior and high chemical stability toward the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR).Herein,the polyoxometalate@polyaniline composite derived WN-W_(2)C heterostructured composite(WN-W_(2)C@pDC)has been fabricated through an in situ nitriding-carbonization strategy,with WN-W_(2)C nanoparticles implanted on N doped carbon nanorods.Asfabricated WN-W_(2)C@pDC demonstrates prominent electrocatalytic performance towards ORR and excellent cycling stability in metal-air battery,which possesses positive half-wave potential and large diffusion limiting current density(0.81 V and 5.8 mA·cm^(-2)).Moreover,it demonstrates high peak power density of 157.4 mW·cm^(-2)as Al-air primary cathode and excellent stability at the discharge-charge test(>500 h)of Zn-air secondary battery.The excellent activity and durability of WNW_(2)C@pDC catalyst should be attributed to the combined effect of intimate WN-W_(2)C heterointerfaces,unique embedded nanoparticles structure,and excellent electrical media of N doped carbon,confirmed by a series of contrast experiments.