Electrocatalysts for rechargeable metal-air battery from Fish gills

Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have recently come up with an efficient, low-cost electro-catalyst from fish gills that can help develop environmentally friendly energy conversion devices.

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Key-Points

The bio-inspired carbon nanostructure will overcome the bottleneck in the realization of several renewable energy conversion and storage technologies such as fuel cell, biofuel cell, and metal-air battery.

The strategy will enrich a route to bioinspired electrocatalyst that is better than commercial Platinum on carbon (Pt/C) catalysts.

It can be utilized as next-generation nonprecious carbon-based electrocatalyst for energy conversion and storage applications.

In this method, the air is used as a catalyst along with a rechargeable Zn-air battery (ZAB).

With careful selection of transition metals, the synthesis protocol can pave a new way for low-cost electrocatalysts for efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion devices.