The invention discloses a novel carbon-encapsulated iron particle confinement catalytic biological battery
cathode and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that firstly, an
ethanol dispersion solution of ZIF-8 and a K3 [Fe (CN) 6] solution are stirred, a ligand exchange reaction is conducted, a ZIF-8 (at) ZnFePBA precursor is generated after centrifugal washing and
drying are conducted, then the ZIF-8 (at) ZnFePBA precursor is calcined in the
inert atmosphere, and a novel carbon-encapsulated iron particle
cathode catalyst (Fe / FinCx (at) NC) is obtained. Fe / FinCx (at) NC is doped into
activated carbon, the
activated carbon, PTFE
emulsion and a proper amount of absolute ethyl
alcohol are mixed and stirred according to the
doping rate,
slurry obtained through ultrasonic treatment serves as a catalyst layer, and then the catalyst layer and a stainless steel mesh current collection layer with the back face coated with conductive
carbon black are co-pressed to obtain the
air cathode. According to the carbon-encapsulated iron particle confinement catalyst disclosed by the invention, the output power of the
activated carbon air cathode biological battery is remarkably improved by 134.5%, the output
maximum power density is 2251 + / -43mW.m <-2 >, and the commercial application prospect of the activated carbon
air cathode biological battery is very wide.