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A novel superimposed porous copper/carbon film derived from polymer matrix as catalyst support for metal-air battery

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Catalyst support of air cathode requires stable structure and high specific surface area, due to the unique semi open structure of metal-air battery. Herein, we prepare a novel 3D Copper/Carbon film catalyst support with dual 3D porous structure by nonsolvent induced phase separation and heat treatment process. During the heat treatment process in inert atmosphere, copper atom diffuses and recrystallizes to form the 3D porous structure with the support of polyacrylonitrile, and the polyacrylonitrile is carbonized to construct superimposed 3D carbon networks. This dual 3D porous Copper/Carbon film shows a high specific surface area of 7.61 m2 g−1, suitable mesopores pore size (2–10 nm), good conductivity (2.2 Ω) and mechanical properties. The as-prepared composites are used as air-cathode in aluminum-air battery, which exhibits good water resistance and air permeability after 3604 s discharging process with KOH electrolyte. This novel catalyst support could provide stable three-dimensional structure for high performance nano-sized catalyst, which supplies a new solution to develop high performance metal-air battery.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports for this research which was provided by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51801136, 51971023 and 51871165), Tianjin Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 18JCYBJC41800), Tianjin science and technology project (Nos.18ZXJMTG00300, 20ZYJDJC00100) and the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA, No. DE180101478) of the Australian Research Council. We also greatly appreciate the characterization by the Analytic and Testing Center of Tiangong University.

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The research was supported the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51801136, 51971023 and 51871165), Tianjin Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 18JCYBJC41800), Tianjin science and technology project (Nos.18ZXJMTG00300, 20ZYJDJC00100) and the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA, No. DE180101478) of the Australian Research Council.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membrane and Membrane Processes, Tianjin Municipal Key Laboratory of Advanced Fibers and Energy Storage, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, People’s Republic of China

    Shihao Sun, Zhijia Zhang, Lin Yan, Chuanqi Li, Hao Li & Yong Jiang

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, People’s Republic of China

    Zhijun Qiao & Zhenyang Yu

  3. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Weijie Li

  4. China Electronics Technology Group Corporation No. 46 Institute, Tianjin, 300220, People’s Republic of China

    Nan Wang

  5. CETC JH(Tianjin) Semiconductor Material Co. Ltd., 300000, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Nan Wang

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SS and ZZ designed the study and wrote the manuscript. SS, ZZ and LY performed experiments and analyzed the data. CL, HL, ZQ, ZY, WL, NW and YJ performed experiments or provided material, important suggestions and valuable comments. ZZ supervised the study.

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Sun, S., Zhang, Z., Yan, L. et al. A novel superimposed porous copper/carbon film derived from polymer matrix as catalyst support for metal-air battery. J Porous Mater 29, 249–255 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-021-01163-4

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