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The most challenging issue in flexible/portable energy storage devices, such as metal-air batteries, is the insufficient electrocatalytic performance of the air-electrode for oxygen reduction/evolution reactions due to low activity and decomposition of the electrocatalyst from the electrode's surface. In an effort to overcome these barriers, robust and highly active FeNi@NCNTs nanowire arrays are rationally synthesized on carbon cloth which directly serves as an integrated air-electrode for zinc-air batteries. FeNi@NCNTs/CC shows excellent bifunctional electrochemical performances toward oxygen reduction reaction (onset potential = 0.95 V, half-wave potential = 0.77 V vs RHE) and oxygen evolution reaction (eta = 252 mV@10 mA cm(-2)), and exhibits excellent stability after being tested for more than 720 hours. More importantly, flexible solid-state rechargeable Zn-air batteries directly equipped with the FeNi@NCNTs/CC air-cathode are demonstrated to exhibit a high discharge voltage (approximate to 1.0 V@2 mA cm(-2)) and a low charge voltage (approximate to 1.65 V@2 mA cm(-2)), along with an excellent mechanical and cycling stability (voltage gap increased approximate to 0.03 V after 200 cycles). The novel designed air-cathode and simple methodology for flexible solid-state rechargeable Zn-air batteries contribute valuable enlightenment toward the development of emerging portable electronics in practice.
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ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
ISSN: 2196-7350
Year: 2018
Issue: 9
Volume: 5
4 . 7 1 3
JCR@2018
4 . 3 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:284
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 74
SCOPUS Cited Count: 79
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 4
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