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Dexuan Huang, Jianwei Zhao, Tong Liu, Xuelei Hu. Constructing NiO/CoMn2O4 heterojunction enables efficient and robust rechargeable zinc air battery. Green Energy&Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2026.06.018
Citation: Dexuan Huang, Jianwei Zhao, Tong Liu, Xuelei Hu. Constructing NiO/CoMn2O4 heterojunction enables efficient and robust rechargeable zinc air battery. Green Energy&Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2026.06.018
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Constructing NiO/CoMn2O4 heterojunction enables efficient and robust rechargeable zinc air battery

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2026.06.018

  • a. State Key Laboratory of Green and Efficient Development of Phosphorus Resources, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430205, China;

  • b. Shenzhen HUASUAN Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China

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We acknowledge the financial support from Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China (grant number 2024AFB754) and the start-up research funds from Wuhan Institute of Technology (grant number K202201).

  • Received date 07 February 2026, Accepted date 17 June 2026, RevRecd date 21 May 2026, Available online 22 June 2026
    Abstract
  • Designing low-cost and high-performance bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key issue for the development of rechargeable zinc-air batteries (RZABs). In this study, NiO/CoMn2O4 (NiO/CMO) heterojunction material is designed and synthesized, which possesses a prominent work function difference and a strong built-in electric field (BIEF) for catalyzing ORR and OER. Comprehensive analysis indicates that the well-designed BIEF at the heterointerface of the NiO/CMO can accelerate charge transfer and enhance the conductivity of the heterojunction electrocatalyst. The asymmetric charge redistribution at the interface of the NiO/CMO heterojunction induced by BIEF helps optimize the adsorption and desorption behaviors of various oxygen-containing intermediates, lowers the reaction energy barrier, and thus significantly enhances the bifunctional electrocatalytic performance of NiO/CMO in ORR and OER. The designed NiO/CMO heterojunction catalyst with regulated electronic structure exhibits electrocatalytic activity for both ORR and OER, with a half-wave potential (E1/2) of 0.687 V and a potential at 10 mA cm-2 (E10) of 1.748 V, and demonstrates a high peak power density (118 mW cm-2) and excellent long-term charge-discharge stability (550h, 3301 cycles) in RZABs.

     

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