Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 Development of fuel cells and metal-air batteries is hindered by electrocatalyst performance, which can be enhanced with uniform and atomically dispersed active sites. Here the authors report an iron-based electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in cathodes
Yuanjun Chen +16 more
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Methods for producing an easily assembled zinc-air battery [PDF]
MethodsX, 2020 Zinc-air batteries are considered as the promising alternative to conventional power sources and have received revived research efforts recently due to their high energy density, good safety, environmental friendliness, and potential for low material ...
Zequan Zhao +6 more
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Overcurrent Abuse of Primary Prismatic Zinc–Air Battery Cells Studying Air Supply Effects on Performance and Safety Shut-Down [PDF]
Batteries, 2017 Overcurrent abuse has been performed on commercial 48 Ah primary prismatic zinc (Zn)–Air battery cells with full air supply as well as with shut-off air supply.
Fredrik Larsson +4 more
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A Dendrite-Resistant Zinc-Air Battery [PDF]
iScience, 2020 Summary: Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have drawn widespread attention for their high energy densities, abundant raw materials, and low cost. However, the issues of metal dendrite formation and air electrode failure have been impeding the development and ...
Shangwei Huang +6 more
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Effect of Ultrasonic Excitation on Discharge Performance of a Button Zinc–Air Battery [PDF]
Micromachines, 2021 In this paper, a method to increase the output power of a button zinc–air battery by applying acoustofluidics induced by ultrasonic excitation to the battery is proposed and demonstrated.
Zhao Luo, Qiang Tang, Junhui Hu
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Nanowrinkled Carbon Aerogels Embedded with FeN x Sites as Effective Oxygen Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery. [PDF]
Research (Wash D C), 2019 Rational design of single-metal atom sites in carbon substrates by a flexible strategy is highly desired for the preparation of high-performance catalysts for metal-air batteries.
He T +15 more
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High energy storage capabilities of CaCu3Ti4O12 for paper-based zinc–air battery [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Zinc–air batteries proffer high energy density and cyclic stability at low costs but lack disadvantages like sluggish reactions at the cathode and the formation of by-products at the cathode.
Upasana Bhardwaj +5 more
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Utilizing solar energy to improve the oxygen evolution reaction kinetics in zinc–air battery [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 The authors here report a sunlight-promoted rechargeable zinc–air battery in which photoelectrode is used as the air electrode to substantially lower the charge potential under illumination. Notably, the battery can be initially charged with an extremely
Xiaorui Liu +9 more
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Hierarchical Co3O4 Nano‐Micro Arrays Featuring Superior Activity as Cathode in a Flexible and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2019 All‐solid‐state zinc–air batteries are characterized as low cost and have high energy density, providing wearable devices with an ideal power source.
Yaotang Zhong +8 more
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Desirable Pore Connectivity Effects in Multiscale Interactive Cobalt Centers with Asymmetric B/N‐Coordination Carbon for Promoting Zn‐Air Batteries [PDF]
Advanced ScienceCobalt‐based catalysts have demonstrated promising performance in both the oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER), positioning them as potential dual‐functional catalysts for recharging Zn‐air battery.
Tingzheng Fu +8 more
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