journal article·2021-06-22

A Zeolitic-Imidazole Framework-Derived Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Hydrazine Fuel Cells

Ya Yan, Jun-Ye Zhang, Xue-Rong Shi, Yuting Zhu, Chenfeng Xia, Shahid Zaman, Xun Hu, Xianying Wang, Bao Yu Xia

ACS Nano· Volume 15· Issue 6
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Abstract

Hydrazine fuel cells are promising sustainable power sources. However, the high price and limited reserves of noble metal catalysts that promote the sluggish cathodic and anodic electrochemical reactions hinder their practical applications. Reflecting the enhanced diffusion and improved kinetics of nanostructured non-noble metal electrocatalysts, we report an efficient zeolitic-imidazole framework-derived trifunctional electrocatalyst for hydrazine oxidation, oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide reduction. Experimental results and theoretical calculations corroborate that the nanocarbon architecture with abundant Co–N species enhances the electronic interaction and optimizes the energy barriers of anodic hydrazine oxidation and cathodic oxygen reduction. The resulting assembled hydrazine-oxygen fuel cell yields a cell voltage and power density of 0.74 V and 20.5 mW cm–2, respectively. Moreover, benefiting from the liquid–liquid diffusion, the hydrazine–hydrogen peroxide cell shows a boosted cell voltage and power density, corresponding to 1.68 V and 41.0 mW cm–2. This work offers a highly active non-noble metal multifunctional electrocatalyst with a pioneering diffusion philosophy in the liquid electrochemical cells.
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OpenAlex topics: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Fuel Cells and Related Materials · Advanced battery technologies research

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Affiliations

CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), Shanghai 200050, China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China

School of Material Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China

School of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China

Funding

Huazhong University of Science and Technology · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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