Abstract
Metal-air batteries as alternatives to the existing lithium-ion battery are becoming increasingly attractive sources of power due to their high energy-cost competitiveness and inherent safety; however, their low oxygen evolution and reduction reaction (OER/ORR) performance and poor operational stability must be overcome prior to commercialization. Herein, it is demonstrated that a novel class of hydrothermally grown dual-phase heterogeneous electrocatalysts, in which silver-manganese (AgMn) heterometal nanoparticles are anchored on top of 2D nanosheet-like nickel vanadium oxide (NiV2 O6 ), allows an enlarged surface area and efficient charge transfer/redistribution, resulting in a bifunctional OER/ORR superior to those of conventional Pt/C or RuO2 . The dual-phase NiV2 O6 /AgMn catalysts on the air cathode of a zinc-air battery lead to a stable discharge-charge voltage gap of 0.83V at 50mA cm-2 , with a specific capacity of 660 mAh g-1 and life cycle stabilities of more than 146h at 10mA cm-2 and 11h at 50mA cm-2 . The proposed new class of dual-phase NiV2 O6 /AgMn catalysts are successfully applied as pouch-type zinc-air batteries with long-term stability over 33.9 h at 10 mA cm-2 .
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