TY - JOUR
T1 - Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeCo Alloy Nanostructures with Surface-Dangling Fe(Co)-N xActive Sites for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline and Acid Media
AU - Song, Xiao Wei
AU - Zhong, Haihong
AU - Xu, Kexin
AU - Estudillo-Wong, Luis Alberto
AU - Pei, Miaomiao
AU - Cao, Meixue
AU - Xu, Heng
AU - Alonso-Vante, Nicolas
AU - Feng, Yongjun
AU - Li, Dianqing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12/23
Y1 - 2022/12/23
N2 - Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the transition metal-based catalysts is critical for nonprecious metal catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, FeCo alloy nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) materials with surface-dangling M-Nxactive sites were fabricated, and the corresponding electrocatalytic performance was carefully investigated toward ORR in both alkaline and acid media. The coexistence of M-Nxactive species (Co5.47N or FeN0.0324) and FeCo alloy makes the ORR reactivity strongly enhanced compared to the counterparts with only M-Nxor FeCo species. Density functional theory calculations clearly reveal that the synergistic effect between FeCo, Fe-Nx, and NC can induce the hybridization effect between d orbitals of Fe/Co and p orbitals of N/C atoms, and thus favor the desorption of *OH intermediates. Therefore, the FeN0.0324-FeCo@NC nanocatalyst with abundant mesopores and macropores shows enhanced electrocatalytic performance in both media (E1/2are 0.86 and 0.74 V, respectively).
AB - Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the transition metal-based catalysts is critical for nonprecious metal catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, FeCo alloy nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) materials with surface-dangling M-Nxactive sites were fabricated, and the corresponding electrocatalytic performance was carefully investigated toward ORR in both alkaline and acid media. The coexistence of M-Nxactive species (Co5.47N or FeN0.0324) and FeCo alloy makes the ORR reactivity strongly enhanced compared to the counterparts with only M-Nxor FeCo species. Density functional theory calculations clearly reveal that the synergistic effect between FeCo, Fe-Nx, and NC can induce the hybridization effect between d orbitals of Fe/Co and p orbitals of N/C atoms, and thus favor the desorption of *OH intermediates. Therefore, the FeN0.0324-FeCo@NC nanocatalyst with abundant mesopores and macropores shows enhanced electrocatalytic performance in both media (E1/2are 0.86 and 0.74 V, respectively).
KW - ZnCo-ZIF precursor
KW - alloy nanoparticles
KW - hierarchical porous structure
KW - oxygen reduction reaction
KW - synergistic effect
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U2 - 10.1021/acsanm.2c03988
DO - 10.1021/acsanm.2c03988
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85142636028
SN - 2574-0970
VL - 5
SP - 18035
EP - 18047
JO - ACS Applied Nano Materials
JF - ACS Applied Nano Materials
IS - 12
ER -