Cobalt tetraphosphate as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for hybrid sodium-air batteriesShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Nano Energy, ISSN 2211-2855, E-ISSN 2211-3282, Vol. 89, article id 106485Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2021. Vol. 89, article id 106485
Keywords [en]
Cobalt tetraphosphate, Bifunctional electrocatalyst, Sodium superionic conductor (NASICON), ORR, OER, Hybrid Na-air battery
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
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
Note
QC 20211025
2021-10-252021-10-252022-06-25Bibliographically approved