张久俊院士团队EER最新综述|纯碳复合的材料作为金属-空气电池中空气电极双功能催化剂

最新综述：金属-空气电池(MABs)，特别是可充电的MABs，由于其高比能量、低成本和安全性，作为一种潜在的储能/转换解决方案引起了人们的广泛兴趣。然而，相对较低倍率性能和缺乏高效稳定的催化剂却大大阻碍了MABs的发展，前者主要源于动力学上迟缓的氧还原反应(ORR)和析氧反应(OER)，后者源于碳材料在氧气和高电位条件下的腐蚀/氧化。本文系统总结了各种碳复合的双功能催化剂，阐述了碳材料和其他成分之间的协同效应增强ORR/OER和稳定性的研究进展。还分析了反应过程的催化剂机理和相关的性能增强以及阻碍商业化的技术挑战。最后，针对MABs目前面临的挑战和未来发展，作者提出了一些重要的研究方向。

Abstract: Metal-air batteries (MABs), particularly rechargeable MABs, have gained renewed interests as a potential energy storage/conversion solution due to their high specific energy, low cost, and safety. The development of MABs has however been considerably hampered by its relatively low rate capability and its lack of efficient and stable air catalysts, in which the former stems mainly from the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the latter stems from the corrosion/oxidation of carbon materials in the presence of oxygen and high electrode potentials. In this review, various carbon-composited bifunctional electrocatalysts are reviewed to summarize the progresses in the enhancement of ORR/OER and durability induced by the synergistic effects between carbon and other component(s). Catalyst mechanisms of the reaction processes and associated performance enhancements as well as technical challenges hindering commercialization are also analyzed. To facilitate further research and development, several research directions for overcoming these challenges are also proposed.

Biographies of Authors

Dr. Yan-Jie Wang (first author) obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 2005. Subsequently, he conducted two postdoctoral research positions at the Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, and at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, respectively. In 2009, he worked as a senior scientist at the University of British Columbia, Canada, in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada and Vancouver International Clean-Tech Research Institute Inc., respectively. In 2017, he became a full-Professor at the Dongguan University of Technology, China. He is also an adjunct professor at the Fuzhou University. His interests include energy storage &conversion, polymer science, biomass, and medical areas.

Dr. Anna Ignaszak (corresponding author) is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick and an adjunct assistant professor at the Friedrich-Schiller University (Germany).She completed an appointment as a research associate at the Clean Energy Research Center, at the University of British Columbia (Canada), and as a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada. She has a diverse background in materials (carbons,composites, metal clusters) for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, electrochemical sensors, and heterogeneous catalysis. The research conducted in her laboratories in Canada and Germany aims to synthesize morphology-controlled catalysts, understanding the structure–reactivity interplay for optimum redox activity.  

Dr. Jiujun Zhang (corresponding author) is a Professor in College of Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Energy at Shanghai University. He was a Principal Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) from 2004 to 2016. Dr. Zhang received his B.S. and M.Sc.in electrochemistry from Peking University in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and his Ph.D. in electrochemistry from Wuhan University in 1988. He then carried out three terms of postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, York University, and the University of British Columbia. Dr. Zhang has over 30 years of scientific research experience, particularly in the area of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. He is also the Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Waterloo.

Article Information

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Cited as：Wang, Y.J., Fang, B., Zhang, D. et al. Electrochem. Energ. Rev. (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41918-018-0002-3

Keywords：Metal–air batteries, Oxygen reduction reaction, Oxygen evolution reaction, Carbon, Bifunctional electrocatalysts, Synergistic effect

Link for full text：https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41918-018-0002-3/fulltext.html

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