Seed-mediated construction of bimetallic FeCo clusters on Ndoped mesoporous carbon for bifunctional electrocatalysis in rechargeable Zn-air batteries

Key Points

• The aim is to synthesize efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts using bimetallic FeCo clusters on N-doped carbon for zinc-air batteries.
• Used seed-mediated synthesis to create bimetallic clusters.
• Employed N-doped mesoporous carbon as a support material.
• Characterized the electronic structures and size distribution of the clusters.
• Achieved narrow size distribution of bimetallic clusters.
• Demonstrated improved performance for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions.
• Showed potential for high-efficiency catalysis in rechargeable Zn-air batteries.