Simultaneous Improvement of Oxygen Reduction and Catalyst Anchoring via Multiple Dopants on Mesoporous Carbon Frameworks for Flexible Al-Air Batteries.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Mesoporous carbon supported non-noble metals, as promising catalysts for boosting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in metal-air batteries, usually face challenges of low activity and performance degradation caused by the catalyst detachment from carbon substrates. Herein, a one-stone-two-birds strategy is reported to simultaneously improve the ORR activity and anchor nanosized MnS catalysts on a mesoporous carbon framework via nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) dopants (MnS/NS-C). Synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) confirms the existence of Mn-N and Mn-S bonds, which firmly anchor active MnS nanoparticles. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the N, S codoping lowers the d-band center of Mn and optimizes ORR intermediate adsorption. An excellent ORR performance (the onset and half-wave potential of 1.07 and 0.91 V) and long-term durability are achieved for MnS/NS-C in alkaline media. The flexible Al-air battery, using MnS/NS-C as the cathode catalyst, shows a power density of 134.6 mW cm<sup>-2</sup> in comparison to the Pt/C-based counterpart of 106.2 mW cm<sup>-2</sup>. This study constructs a stable interaction with non-noble catalysts and carbon substrates for enhancing catalytic activity and durability in metal-air batteries.