Transition Metal (Co, Ni, Fe, Cu) Single‐Atom Catalysts Anchored on 3D Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Zn–Air Battery

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 18; no. 34; pp. e2202476 - n/a
• Main Authors: Zhang, Mengtian, Li, Hao, Chen, Junxiang, Ma, Fei‐Xiang, Zhen, Liang, Wen, Zhenhai, Xu, Cheng‐Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Carbon; Chemical reduction; Cobalt; Copper; Density functional theory; Electrocatalysts; Fine structure; Iron; Mathematical analysis; Metal air batteries; Nanosheets; Nanotechnology; Nickel; Nitrogen; nitrogen‐doped carbon; oxygen reduction reaction; Oxygen reduction reactions; Single atom catalysts; Transition metals; Zinc-oxygen batteries; Zn–air battery

Exploring highly active and cost‐efficient single‐atom catalysts (SACs) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for the large‐scale application of Zn–air battery. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculations predict that the intrinsic ORR activity of the active metal of SACs follows...