Wood-derived freestanding integrated electrode with robust interface-coupling effect boosted bifunctionality for rechargeable zinc-air batteries

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Fabricating non-noble metal-based carbon air electrodes with highly efficient bifunctionality is big challenge owing to the sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER). The efficient cathode catalyst is urgently needed to further improve the performance of rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Herein, an activation-doping assisted interface modification strategy is demonstrated based on freestanding integrated carbon composite (CoNiLDH@NPC) composed of wood-based N and P doped active carbon (NPC) and CoNi layer double hydroxides (CoNiLDH). In the light of its large specific surface area and unique defective structure, CoNiLDH@NPC with strong interface-coupling effect in 2D-3D micro-nanostructure exhibits outstanding bifunctionality. Such carbon composites show half-wave potential of 0.85 V for ORR, overpotential of 320 mV with current density of 10 mA cm⁻² for OER, and ultra-low gap of 0.70 V. Furthermore, highly-ordered open channels of wood provide enormous space to form abundant triple-phase boundary for accelerating the catalytic process. Consequently, zinc-air batteries using CoNiLDH@NPC show high power density (aqueous: 263 mW cm⁻², quasi-solid-state: 65.8 mW cm⁻²) and long-term stability (aqueous: 500 h, quasi-solid-state: 120 h). This integrated protocol opens a new avenue for the rational design of efficient freestanding air electrode from biomass resources.

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