Zinc-iodine batteries with hierarchical porous carbon framework, integration of molybdenum carbides with single-atom catalysts

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069428

"coprecipitation method encapsulates molybdate ions into zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, followed by electrospinning/ calcination creating free-standing porous carbon fibers with zinc single atom sites/ molybdenum carbide clusters...  230.6 mAh g−1 specific capacity at 0.5 C (1 C= 0.211 mA cm−2) current density, 90% capacity retention after 20K cycles... demonstrates manipulation of electrocatalytic activity of MoC clusters via Zn-N4 site incorporation for iodine redox reaction"