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Multi-dimensional hierarchical nanostructures can efficiently promote the mass transportation and electron transfer of electrocatalysts, which can boost the electrocatalytic performance. In this study, we report the design of a hierarchical carbon/metal nanostructure (Co@CNFs) with the combination of 0D cobalt metal nanoparticles, 1D carbon nanofibers, and 2D carbon nanosheets as a bifunctional oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) catalyst. The Co@CNF catalysts are prepared by using a facile approach of combining electrospinning, impregnation growth of ZIF-67 nanosheets, and high-temperature carbonization. Through rationally optimizing the synthesis conditions, including the chemical concentration and carbonization temperature, the optimal catalyst of Co@CNFs-50-800 features a hierarchical structure of continuous carbon nanofibers (CNFs)-anchored carbon nanosheets wrapping Co nanoparticles, which holds decent catalytic activities in term of a half-wave potential of 0.8 V for the ORR and a potential of 1.54 V for the OER at 10 mA cm(-2). A rechargeable Zn-air battery is set up using the catalyst as the air cathode, which exhibits a high specific capacity of 809 mAh g(-1) and a peak power density of 165.5 mW cm(-2), as well as a good durability up to 1000 charging-discharging cycles (>160 h), which is even better than the benchmark Pt/C+RuO2 catalyst. This study provides a rational strategy to design hierarchically nanostructural catalysts to boost the mass transportation and electron transfer of electrocatalytic reactions.
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CHEMELECTROCHEM
ISSN: 2196-0216
Year: 2021
Issue: 6
Volume: 8
Page: 1107-1116
4 . 7 8 2
JCR@2021
3 . 5 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:117
JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 8
SCOPUS Cited Count: 8
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2
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