Abstract
Bimetallic-nitrogen doped carbons (bi-MNC) have attracted great attention as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts due to their favorable activation of the O-O bond on the dual metal sites. However, zinc based bi-MNC were seldom investigated because the zinc tended to be neglected at elevated temperature owing to its volatile nature. In this work, a zinc-iron–nitrogen doped porous carbon (FeZnNC) was facilely prepared by pyrolysis of PVA-FeCl3-ZnCl2 gel coated commercial melamine foam. It is found that the zinc not only acted as porogen and dopant but also as structural regulator, leading to spherical morphology with more porous defects, larger surface area and more pyridone-N sites. The electrochemical measurements showed that the FeZnNC not only could achieve higher limiting current density of 5.97 mA/cm2, positive onset potential (0.965 V) and half-wave potential (0.873 V), but also display superior electrocatalytic stability than monometallic-nitrogen doped carbons (mono-MNC). Furthermore, the FeZnNC + RuO2 powered rechargeable zinc-air battery could also present longer cycling life than that powered by mono-MNC.
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