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Vol. 16 (2024)

Design Principles and Mechanistic Understandings of Non-Noble-Metal Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Zinc–Air Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01366-9
Yunnan Gao
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Ling Liu
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Yi Jiang
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Dexin Yu
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Xiaomei Zheng
College of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Jiayi Wang
Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, People’s Republic of China
Jingwei Liu
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Dan Luo
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Yongguang Zhang
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Zhenjia Shi
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Xin Wang
Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, People’s Republic of China
Ya‑Ping Deng
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Zhongwei Chen
Power Battery and Systems Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhongwei Chen

zwchen@dicp.ac.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 162

Abstract

Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are promising energy storage systems because of high theoretical energy density, safety, low cost, and abundance of zinc. However, the slow multi-step reaction of oxygen and heavy reliance on noble-metal catalysts hinder the practical applications of ZABs. Therefore, feasible and advanced non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for air cathodes need to be identified to promote the oxygen catalytic reaction. In this review, we initially introduced the advancement of ZABs in the past two decades and provided an overview of key developments in this field. Then, we discussed the working mechanism and the design of bifunctional electrocatalysts from the perspective of morphology design, crystal structure tuning, interface strategy, and atomic engineering. We also included theoretical studies, machine learning, and advanced characterization technologies to provide a comprehensive understanding of the structure-performance relationship of electrocatalysts and the reaction pathways of the oxygen redox reactions. Finally, we discussed the challenges and prospects related to designing advanced non-noble-metal bifunctional electrocatalysts for ZABs.


Highlights:
1 The recent advances in non-noble-metal bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries are summarized with the design principles.
2 The working mechanism are discussed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the structure-performance relationship of electrocatalysts and the reaction pathways of the oxygen redox reactions.
3 The challenges and prospects related to designing advanced non-noble-metal bifunctional electrocatalysts for high performance zinc–air batteries are provided.

Keywords

Zinc–air batteries Bifunctional electrocatalysts Design principles Mechanistic understandings
Gao, Yunnan, Ling Liu, Yi Jiang, Dexin Yu, Xiaomei Zheng, Jiayi Wang, Jingwei Liu, Dan Luo, Yongguang Zhang, Zhenjia Shi, Xin Wang, Ya‑Ping Deng, and Zhongwei Chen. 2024. “Design Principles and Mechanistic Understandings of Non-Noble-Metal Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Zinc–Air Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (March):162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01366-9.
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