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One-step In-situ Synthesis of Vacancy-rich CoFe2O4@Defective Graphene Hybrids as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

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Developing efficient catalysts toward both oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction(OER) is the core task for rechargeable metal-air batteries. Although integration of two active components should be an effective method to produce the bifunctional catalysts in principle, traditional techniques still can not attain fine tunable surface structure during material-hybridization process. Herein, we present a facile short-time in-situ argon(Ar) plasma strategy to fabricate a high-performance bifunctional hybrid catalyst of vacancy-rich CoFe2O4 synergized with defective graphene(r-CoFe2O4@DG). Reflected by the low voltage gap of 0.79 V in two half-reaction measurements, the striking capability to catalyze ORR/OER endows it excellent and durable performance in rechargeable Zn-air batteries, with a maximum power density of 155.2 mW/cm2 and robust stability(up to 60 h). Further experimental and theoretical studies validate its remarkable bifunctional energetics root from plasma-induced surface vacancy defects and interfacial charge polarization between DG and CoFe2O4. This work offers more opportunities for reliable clean energy systems by rational interfacial and defect engineering on catalyst design.

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The authors acknowledge the scientific and technical assistance of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility at the UQ Centre.

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  1. School of Environment and Science, and Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia

    Xin Wang, Yi Jia, Xuecheng Yan, Longzhou Zhang, Christopher L. Brown & Xiangdong Yao

  2. School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia

    Linzhou Zhuang & Zhonghua Zhu

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China

    Lijie Zhang, Wenjia Xu & Dongjiang Yang

  4. National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst, College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China

    Qin Yang & Pei Yuan

  5. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Xiangdong Yao

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Supported by the Project of the Australia Research Council(No.ARC DP200103043), the “111” Project of China (Nos.B07016, B17020) and the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award(No.ARC DE180101030).

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One-step in-situ Synthesis of Vacancy-Rich CoFe2O4@Defective Graphene Hybrids as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

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Wang, X., Zhuang, L., Jia, Y. et al. One-step In-situ Synthesis of Vacancy-rich CoFe2O4@Defective Graphene Hybrids as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 36, 479–487 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-020-0056-8

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