An Active and Robust Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst through Carbon-Free Hierarchical Functionalization.

A hierarchically functionalized hybrid electrode for Zn-air batteries is discussed that requires no carbon. Instead, an oxygen evolution reaction (OER)-active, porous, conductive, and corrosion-resistant nitride Ni3 FeN is used as a support for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)-active ordered intermetallic Fe3 Pt NPs. The porosity in the Ni3 FeN substrate is an important enabling factor for the high OER activity.