Metal-organic framework-derived advanced oxygen electrocatalysts as air-cathodes for Zn-air batteries: recent trends and future perspectives
Electrochemical energy storage devices with stable performance, high power output, and energy density are urgently needed to meet the global energy demand. Among the different electrochemical energy storage devices, batteries have become the most promising energy technologies and ranked as a highly...
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| Published in | Materials horizons Vol. 1; no. 3; pp. 745 - 787 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
06.03.2023
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| Summary: | Electrochemical energy storage devices with stable performance, high power output, and energy density are urgently needed to meet the global energy demand. Among the different electrochemical energy storage devices, batteries have become the most promising energy technologies and ranked as a highly investigated research subject. Recently, metal-air batteries especially Zn-air batteries (ZABs) have attracted enormous scientific interest in the electrochemical community due to their ease of operation, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and high efficiency. The oxygen electrocatalytic reactions [oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER)] are the two fundamental reactions for the development of ZABs. Noble metal-based electrocatalysts are widely considered as the benchmark for oxygen electrocatalysis, but their practical application in rechargeable ZAB is hindered due to several shortcomings. Thus, to replace noble metal-based catalysts, a wide range of transition-metal-based materials and heteroatom-doped metal-free carbon materials has been extensively investigated as oxygen electrocatalysts for ZABs. Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with unique structural flexibility and uniformly dispersed active sites have become attractive precursors for the synthesis of a large variety of advanced functional materials. Herein, we summarize the recent progress of MOF-derived oxygen electrocatalysts (MOF-derived carbon nanomaterials, MOF-derived alloys/nanoparticles, and MOF-derived single-atom electrocatalysts) for ZABs. Specifically, we highlight MOF-derived single-atom electrocatalysts owing to the wide exploration of these emerging materials in electrocatalysis. The influence of the active sites, structural/compositional design, and porosity of MOF-derived advanced materials on the oxygen electrocatalytic performances is also discussed. Finally, the existing challenges and prospects of MOF-derived electrocatalysts in ZABs are briefly highlighted.
This review highlights the recent noteworthy developments of metal-organic framework-derived nanomaterials for Zn-air battery applications. |
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| Bibliography: | Dr Aniruddha Kundu is presently working as a DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India. Dr Kundu completed his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata in 2015. Then, he obtained his postdoctoral experience from Yonsei University and Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea. Subsequently, he worked as a National Postdoc Fellow at IIT-Kharagpur, India. He has accumulated more than 10 years of experience on the functionalization of carbon-based nanomaterials, and currently he is involved in designing advanced nanomaterials for electrocatalysis, metal-air batteries, etc. Mr Prakas Samanta is pursuing a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) under the supervision of Dr Tapas Kuila and Dr Pranab Samanta at the Surface Engineering & Tribology Division, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India. He completed his BSc in Chemistry from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India in 2016. He received his MSc in Chemistry from Midnapore College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India in 2018. His research interests include electrolyte engineering for the development of high-performance Zn-ion batteries and supercapacitors. Dr Naresh Chandra Murmu is currently working as the Chief Scientist in CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur since 2022. Prior to joining CSIR-CMERI in 2003 as a Scientist, he worked as a Scientist in the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore for 9 years. He received his BE from Calcutta University in 1992, ME from IISc Bangalore in 1994 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-BHU, Varanasi in 2010. He received various prestigious awards such as the CSIR-Raman Research Fellowship (2012), DAAD Fellowship-2000. His current research interest includes additive and smart manufacturing, graphene composite, ink and lubricants and graphene ultracapacitors. Mr Srijib Das received his BSc Degree in Chemistry in 2018 from Vidyasagar University and MSc Degree in 2020 from Midnapore College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India. He is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow at the Surface Engineering & Tribology Division, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India. His current research interests include the development of functional materials for oxygen electrocatalysis, hydrogen evolution reaction and zinc-air batteries. Currently, Dr Tapas Kuila is working as a Senior Scientist at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India. Previously, Dr Kuila worked as DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at CSIR-CMERI since November 2012. Dr Kuila completed his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2009. Then, he moved to Chonbuk National University, South Korea for postdoctoral study. Dr Kuila is currently working in versatile areas including graphene supercapacitors, graphene/epoxy composites, graphene lubricants, electrocatalytic water splitting, and graphene-enhanced phase-change materials. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2051-6347 2051-6355 2051-6355 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2mh01067d |