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    • Wenjie Zang
      Wenjie Zang
      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117574
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      Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis #8-13, Singapore 138634
      Material Science and Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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      Yuanyuan Ma
      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117574
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      Hong Zhang
      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117574
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      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117574
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    Exploration of cheap, efficient, and highly durable transition-metal-based electrocatalysts is critically important for the renewable energy chain, including both energy storage and energy conversion. Herein, we have developed cobalt (Co) single atoms anchored in porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanoflake arrays, synthesized from Co-MOF precursor and followed by removal of the unwanted Co clusters. The well-dispersed Co single atoms are attached to the carbon network through N–Co bonding, where there is extra porosity and active surface area created by the removal of the Co metal clusters. Interestingly, compared with those electrocatalysts containing excess Co nanoparticles, a single Co atom alone demonstrates a lower oxygen evolution reaction (OER) overpotential and much higher oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) saturation current, showing that the Co metal clusters are redundant in driving both OER and ORR. Given the bifunctional electrocatalytic activity and mechanical flexibility, the electrocatalyst assembled on carbon cloth is employed as the air cathode in a solid-state Zn–air battery, which presents good cycling stabilities (2500 min, 125 cycles) as well as a high open circuit potential (1.411 V).

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