title: A Metal-Amino Acid Complex-Derived Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries.
abstract: Bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst: A metal-amino acid complex is developed to prepare high-performance mesoporous carbon electrocatalyst for both oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. Such prepared catalyst can be used to assemble rechargeable zinc-air batteries with excellent durability. This work represents a new route toward low-cost, highly active, and durable bifunctional electrocatalysts for cutting-edge energy conversion devices.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuchen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210093, China.
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yujie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China. hxu@ustc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hangxun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006639:Histidine; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: bifunctional electrocatalysis; oxygen evolution; oxygen reduction; porous materials; zinc-air battery