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Cobalt tetraphosphate as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for hybrid sodium-air batteries
Indian Inst Sci, Mat Res Ctr, Faraday Mat Lab FaMaL, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India..
Indian Inst Sci, Mat Res Ctr, Faraday Mat Lab FaMaL, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India.;PSGR Krishnammal Coll Women, Coimbatore 641004, Tamil Nadu, India..
Indian Inst Sci, Mat Res Ctr, Faraday Mat Lab FaMaL, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India..
Indian Inst Sci, Mat Res Ctr, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India..
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2021 (English)In: Nano Energy, ISSN 2211-2855, E-ISSN 2211-3282, Vol. 89, article id 106485Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Economic and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts are pivotal in realization of rechargeable (hybrid) metal-air batteries. It is ideal to employ noble-metal free bifunctional electrocatalysts that are not selective towards oxygen evolution and reduction (OER and ORR) activities. This work unveils cobalt-based tetraphosphate K2Co(PO3)(4) as an economic bifunctional electrocatalyst acting as cathode for rechargeable hybrid sodium-air batteries. Auto combustion route led to the development of homogeneous, carbon-coated, spherical K2Co(PO3)(4) nanoparticles enabling active site exposure to incoming guest molecules (O-2, OH-). This monoclinic compound exhibited superior oxygen evolution activity with low overpotential (ca. 0.32 V) surpassing the commercial RuO2 catalyst. Tetraphosphate K2Co(PO3)(4) was successfully implemented in hybrid Na-air batteries delivering reversible cycling with roundtrip efficiency over 70%. DFT study revealed this catalytic activity stem from the most active and stable surface (001) and half-metallic nature of Co in K2Co(PO3)(4). Cobalt tetraphosphates can be harnessed to design low cost electrocatalysts for hybrid sodium-air batteries.

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Elsevier BV , 2021. Vol. 89, article id 106485
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Cobalt tetraphosphate, Bifunctional electrocatalyst, Sodium superionic conductor (NASICON), ORR, OER, Hybrid Na-air battery
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Materials Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-303960DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106485ISI: 000703856100002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115775386OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-303960DiVA, id: diva2:1605527
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