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Su Y, Zhao Z, Wang E, Peng Z. Mechanistic Study on Oxygen Reduction Reaction in High-Concentrated Electrolytes for Aprotic Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:10111-10117. [PMID: 39331821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
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Highly concentrated electrolytes (HCEs) have energized the development of high-energy-density lithium metal batteries by facilitating the formation of robust inorganic-derived solid electrolyte interfaces on the lithium anode. However, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) occurring on the cathode side remains ambiguous in HCE-based lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries. Herein, we investigate the ORR mechanism in a highly concentrated LiTFSI-CH3CN electrolyte using ultra-microelectrode voltammetry coupled with in situ spectroscopies. It is found that, compared to the dilute electrolyte, the HCE prolongs the lifespan of superoxide intermediates and decelerates their migration rate to the bulk solution, resulting in a change in growth mode for the discharge product of Li2O2 from traditional two-dimensional film growth to surface three-dimensional expansion growth. This alteration reduces the cathode passivation and thus delivers the enhanced discharge capacity. Additionally, the HCE also increases the reaction energy barrier between superoxide and solvent molecules, thereby minimizing parasitic reactions and improving the cycle performance of Li-O2 batteries. Our study reveals the intricate interplay between electrolytes and oxygen intermediates and provides important insights into electrolyte chemistries for better Li-O2 batteries.
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- Yuwei Su
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Spectro-electrochemistry and Li-Ion Batteries, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Spectro-electrochemistry and Li-Ion Batteries, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Pan Q, Ma X, Wang H, Shu Y, Liu H, Yang L, Li W, Liu J, Wu Y, Mao Y, Xie J, Zou G, Hou H, Deng W, Ji X. Approaching Splendid Catalysts for Li-CO 2 Battery from the Theory to Practical Designing: A Review. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2406905. [PMID: 39081118 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202406905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
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Lithium carbon dioxide (Li-CO2) batteries, noted for their high discharge voltage of approximately 2.8 V and substantial theoretical specific energy of 1876 Wh kg-1, represent a promising avenue for new energy sources and CO2 emission reduction. However, the practical application of these batteries faces significant hurdles, particularly at high current densities and over extended cycle lives, due to their complex reaction mechanisms and slow kinetics. This paper delves into the recent advancements in cathode catalysts for Li-CO2 batteries, with a specific focus on the designing philosophy from composition, geometry, and homogeneity of the catalysts to the proper test conditions and real-world application. It surveys the possible catalytic mechanisms, giving readers a brief introduction of how the energy is stored and released as well as the critical exploration of the relationship between material properties and performances. Specifically, optimization and standardization of test conditions for Li-CO2 battery research is highlighted to enhance data comparability, which is also critical to facilitate the practical application of Li-CO2 batteries. This review aims to bring up inspiration from previous work to advance the design of more effective and sustainable cathode catalysts, tailored to meet the practical demands of Li-CO2 batteries.
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- Qing Pan
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- Light Alloy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Sources, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Sources, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410006, China
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Horwitz G, Kunz V, Niblett SP, Grey CP. The effect of ionic association on the electrochemistry of redox mediators for Li-O 2 batteries: developing a theoretical framework. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:22134-22148. [PMID: 39119661 PMCID: PMC11310830 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01488j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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A theoretical framework to explain how interactions between redox mediators (RMs) and electrolyte components impact electron transfer kinetics, thermodynamics, and catalytic efficiency is presented. Specifically focusing on ionic association, 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DBBQ) is used as a case study to demonstrate these effects. Our analytical equations reveal how the observed redox couple's potential and electron transfer rate constants evolve with Li+ concentration, resulting from different redox activity mechanisms. Experimental validation by cyclic voltammetry measurements shows that DBBQ binds to three Li+ ions in its reduced state and one Li+ ion in its neutral form, leading to a maximum in the electron transfer kinetic constant at around 0.25 M. The framework is extended to account for other phenomena that can play an important role in the redox reaction mechanisms of RMs. The effect of Li+ ion solvation and its association with the supporting salt counteranion on the redox processes is considered, and the role of "free Li+" concentration in determining the electrochemical behaviour is emphasized. The impact of Li+ concentration on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysis was then explored, again using DBBQ and modelling the effects of the Li+ concentration on electron transfer and catalytic kinetics. We show that even though the observed catalytic rate constant increases with Li+ concentration, the overall catalysis can become more sluggish depending on the electron transfer pathway. Cyclic voltammograms are presented as illustrative examples. The strength of the proposed theoretical framework lies in its adaptability to a wider range of redox mediators and their interactions with the various electrolyte components and redox active molecules such as oxygen. By understanding these effects, we open up new avenues to tune electron transfer and catalytic kinetics and thus improve the energy efficiency and rate capability of Li-O2 batteries. Although exact results may not transfer to different solvents, the predictions of our model will provide a starting point for future studies of similar systems, and the model itself is easily extensible to new chemistries.
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- Gabriela Horwitz
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Campus, Becquerel Ave, Didcot OX11 0RA, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Campus, Becquerel Ave, Didcot OX11 0RA, UK
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Jenkins M, Dewar D, Lagnoni M, Yang S, Rees GJ, Bertei A, Johnson LR, Gao X, Bruce PG. A High Capacity Gas Diffusion Electrode for Li-O 2 Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2405715. [PMID: 39101286 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202405715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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The very high theoretical specific energy of the lithium-air (Li-O2) battery (3500 Wh kg-1) compared with other batteries makes it potentially attractive, especially for the electrification of flight. While progress has been made in realizing the Li-air battery, several challenges remain. One such challenge is achieving a high capacity to store charge at the positive electrode at practical current densities, without which Li-air batteries will not outperform lithium-ion. The capacity is limited by the mass transport of O2 throughout the porous carbon positive electrode. Here it is shown that by replacing the binder in the electrode by a polymer with the intrinsic ability to transport O2, it is possible to reach capacities as high as 31 mAh cm-2 at 1 mA cm-2 in a 300 µm thick electrode. This corresponds to a positive electrode energy density of 2650 Wh L-1 and specific energy of 1716 Wh kg-1, exceeding significantly Li-ion batteries and previously reported Li-O2 cells. Due to the enhanced oxygen diffusion imparted by the gas diffusion polymer, Li2O2 (the product of O2 reduction on discharge) fills a greater volume fraction of the electrode and is more homogeneously distributed.
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- Max Jenkins
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Future Battery Research Centre, Global institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Lee KB, Jo S, Zhang L, Kim MC, Sohn JI. Hierarchically Interconnected 3D Catalyst Structure of Porous Multi-Metal Oxide Nanofibers for High-Performance Li-O 2 Batteries. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2301728. [PMID: 38429243 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Non-aqueous lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) have emerged as a promising candidate due to their high theoretical energy density and eco-friendly cathode reaction materials. However, LOBs still suffer from high overpotential and poor cycling stability resulting from difficulties in the decomposition of discharge reaction Li2O2 products. Here, a 3D open network catalyst structure is proposed based on highly-thin and porous multi-metal oxide nanofibers (MMONFs) developed by a facile electrospinning approach coupled with a heat treatment process. The developed hierarchically interconnected 3D porous MMONFs catalyst structure with high specific surface area and porosity shows the enhanced electrochemical reaction kinetics associated with Li2O2 formation and decomposition on the cathode surface during the charge and discharge processes. The uniquely assembled cathode materials with MMONFs exhibit excellent electrochemical performance with energy efficiency of 82% at a current density of 50 mA g-1 and a long-term cycling stability over 100 cycles at 200 mA g-1 with a cut-off capacity of 500 mAh g-1. Moreover, the optimized cathode materials exhibit a remarkable energy density of 1013 Wh kg-1 at the 100th discharge and charge cycle, which is nearly four times higher than that of C/NMC721, which has the highest energy density among the cathode materials currently used in electric vehicles.
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- Keon Beom Lee
- Division of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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Jethwa RB, Mondal S, Pant B, Freunberger SA. To DISP or Not? The Far-Reaching Reaction Mechanisms Underpinning Lithium-Air Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316476. [PMID: 38095355 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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The short history of research on Li-O2 batteries has seen a remarkable number of mechanistic U-turns over the years. From the initial use of carbonate electrolytes, that were then found to be entirely unsuitable, to the belief that (su)peroxide was solely responsible for degradation, before the more reactive singlet oxygen was found to form, to the hypothesis that capacity depends on a competing surface/solution mechanism before a practically exclusive solution mechanism was identified. Herein, we argue for an ever-fresh look at the reported data without bias towards supposedly established explanations. We explain how the latest findings on rate and capacity limits, as well as the origin of side reactions, are connected via the disproportionation (DISP) step in the (dis)charge mechanism. Therefrom, directions emerge for the design of electrolytes and mediators on how to suppress side reactions and to enable high rate and high reversible capacity.
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- Rajesh B Jethwa
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Ge B, Hu L, Yu X, Wang L, Fernandez C, Yang N, Liang Q, Yang QH. Engineering Triple-Phase Interfaces around the Anode toward Practical Alkali Metal-Air Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400937. [PMID: 38634714 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Alkali metal-air batteries (AMABs) promise ultrahigh gravimetric energy densities, while the inherent poor cycle stability hinders their practical application. To address this challenge, most previous efforts are devoted to advancing the air cathodes with high electrocatalytic activity. Recent studies have underlined the solid-liquid-gas triple-phase interface around the anode can play far more significant roles than previously acknowledged by the scientific community. Besides the bottlenecks of uncontrollable dendrite growth and gas evolution in conventional alkali metal batteries, the corrosive gases, intermediate oxygen species, and redox mediators in AMABs cause more severe anode corrosion and structural collapse, posing greater challenges to the stabilization of the anode triple-phase interface. This work aims to provide a timely perspective on the anode interface engineering for durable AMABs. Taking the Li-air battery as a typical example, this critical review shows the latest developed anode stabilization strategies, including formulating electrolytes to build protective interphases, fabricating advanced anodes to improve their anti-corrosion capability, and designing functional separator to shield the corrosive species. Finally, the remaining scientific and technical issues from the prospects of anode interface engineering are highlighted, particularly materials system engineering, for the practical use of AMABs.
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- Bingcheng Ge
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Fujian XFH New Energy Materials Co, Ltd, No. 38, Shuidong Industry Park, Yongan, 366000, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, AB107QB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry & IMO-IMOMEC, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium
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- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth, Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, China
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- Nanoyang Group, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon and Electrochemical Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, TianjinUniversity, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Cheng Y, Dou Y, Xue P, Zhang Z, Chen X, Qiu J, Wang Y, Wei Y. Polyoxometalate Supported Single Transition Metal Atom as a Redox Mediator for Li-O 2 Batteries. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:12231-12239. [PMID: 38901842 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Keggin-type polyoxometalate (POM) supported single transition metal (TM) atom (TM1/POM) as an efficient soluble redox mediator for Li-O2 batteries is comprehensively investigated by first-principles calculations. Among the pristine POM and four kinds of TM1/POM (TM = Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt), Co1/POM not only maintains good structural and thermodynamic stability in oxidized and reduced states but also exhibits promising electro(chemical) catalytic performance for both oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in Li-O2 batteries with the lowest Gibbs free energy barriers. Further investigations demonstrate that the moderate binding strength of Li2-xO2 (x = 0, 1, and 2) intermediates on Co1/POM guarantees favorable Li2O2 formation and decomposition. Electronic structure analyses indicate that the introduced Co single atom as an electron transfer bridge can not only efficiently improve the electronic conductivity of POM but also regulate the bonding/antibonding states around the Fermi level of [Co1/POM-Li2O2]ox. The solvent effect on the OER catalytic performance and the electronic properties of [Co1/POM-Li2O2]ox with and without dimethyl sulfoxide solvent are also investigated.
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- Yingjie Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Material Manufacturing (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- International Center for Materials Discovery, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Research Institute of Chemical Defence, Beijing 100191, China
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- Research Institute of Chemical Defence, Beijing 100191, China
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- Research Institute of Chemical Defence, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Li M, Wu J, You Z, Dai Z, Gu Y, Shi L, Wu M, Wen Z. Crown Ether Electrolyte Induced Li 2O 2 Amorphization for Low Polarization and Long Lifespan Li-O 2 Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403521. [PMID: 38654696 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Lithium-oxygen batteries possess an extremely high theoretical energy density, rendering them a prime candidate for next-generation secondary batteries. However, they still face multiple problems such as huge charge polarization and poor life, which lay a significant gap between laboratory research and commercial applications. In this work, we adopt 15-crown-5 ether (C15) as solvent to regulate the generation of discharge products in lithium-oxygen batteries. The coronal structure endows C15 with strong affinity to Li+, firmly stabilizes the intermediate LiO2 and discharge product Li2O2. Thus, the crystalline Li2O2 is amorphized into easily decomposable amorphous products. The lithium-oxygen batteries assembled with 0.5 M C15 electrolyte show an increased discharge capacity from 4.0 mAh cm-2 to 5.7 mAh cm-2 and a low charge overpotential of 0.88 V during the whole lifespan at 0.05 mA cm-2. The batteries with 1 M C15 electrolyte can cycle stably for 140 cycles. Furthermore, the amorphous characteristic of Li2O2 product is preserved when matched with redox mediators such as LiI, with the charge polarization further decreasing to 0.74 V over a cycle life of 190 cycles. This provides new possibilities for electrolyte design to promote Li2O2 amorphization and reduce charge overpotential in lithium-oxygen batteries.
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- Meng Li
- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab High Performance Ceram & Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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Ahmed D, Muhammad N, Ding ZJ. Metallic CoSb and Janus Co 2AsSb monolayers as promising anode materials for metal-ion batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:17191-17204. [PMID: 38853749 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00480a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Structural symmetry breaking plays a pivotal role in fine-tuning the properties of nano-layered materials. Here, based on the first-principles approaches we propose a Janus monolayer of metallic CoSb by breaking the out-of-plane structural symmetry. Specifically, within the CoSb monolayer by replacing the top-layer 'Sb' with 'As' atoms entirely, the Janus Co2AsSb monolayer can be formed, whose structure is confirmed via structural optimization and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Notably, the Janus Co2AsSb monolayer demonstrates stability at an elevated temperature of 1200 K, surpassing the stability of the CoSb monolayer, which remains stable only up to 900 K. We propose that both the CoSb and Janus Co2AsSb monolayers could serve as capable anode materials for power-driven metal-ion batteries, owing to their substantial theoretical capacity and robust binding strength. The theoretical specific capacities for Li/Na reach up to 1038.28/1186.60 mA h g-1 for CoSb, while Janus Co2AsSb demonstrates a marked improvement in electrochemical storage capacity of 3578.69/2215.38 mA h g-1 for Li/Na, representing a significant leap forward in this domain. The symmetry-breaking effect upgrades the CoSb monolayer, as a more viable contender for power-driven metal-ion batteries. Furthermore, electronic structure calculations indicate a notable charge transfer that augments the metallic nature, which would boost electrical conductivity. These simulations demonstrate that the CoSb and Janus Co2AsSb monolayers have immense potential for application in the design of metal-ion battery technologies.
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- Dildar Ahmed
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
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Mohamed SIGP, Namvar S, Zhang T, Shahbazi H, Jiang Z, Rappe AM, Salehi-Khojin A, Nejati S. Vapor-Phase Synthesis of Electrocatalytic Covalent Organic Frameworks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309302. [PMID: 38145558 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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The inability to process many covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as thin films plagues their widespread utilization. Herein, a vapor-phase pathway for the bottom-up synthesis of a class of porphyrin-based COFs is presented. This approach allows integrating electrocatalysts made of metal-ion-containing COFs into the electrodes' architectures in a single-step synthesis and deposition. By precisely controlling the metal sites at the atomic level, remarkable electrocatalytic performance is achieved, resulting in unprecedentedly high mass activity values. How the choice of metal atoms, i.e., cobalt and copper, can determine the catalytic activities of POR-COFs is demonstrated. The theoretical data proves that the Cu site is highly active for nitrate conversion to ammonia on the synthesized COFs.
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-8286, USA
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Hiltermann TW, Sarkar S, Thangadurai V, Sutherland TC. Diamino-Substituted Quinones as Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:8580-8588. [PMID: 38320233 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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This study introduces a sustainable approach to designing organic cathode materials (OCMs) for lithium-ion batteries as a potential replacement for traditional metal-based electrodes. Utilizing green synthetic methodologies, we synthesized and characterized five distinct quinone derivatives and investigated their electrochemical attributes within Li-ion battery architectures. Notably, the observed specific capacities were lower than the theoretical predictions, suggesting limitations in achieving efficient redox reactions in a coin-cell configuration. Among the quinone derivatives studied, one variant derived from natural vanillin showed superior cycle stability, maintaining 58% capacity retention over 95 charge-discharge cycles, and achieving a Coulombic efficiency of 90%. Importantly, we discovered that the commonly used Super-P conductive carbon did not yield any measurable battery performance; instead, these quinones necessitated the incorporation of graphene nanoplatelets as the conductive matrix. Through a facile one-step synthesis in ethanol or water, we have demonstrated a viable synthetic route for producing OCMs, albeit with moderate performances, which have attempted to address common concerns of high solubility and poor redox reactivity of previous OCMs, thereby offering a sustainable pathway for the development of organic-based energy storage devices.
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- Tyler W Hiltermann
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Zhuang C, Chang Y, Li W, Li S, Xu P, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Gao J, Chen G, Zhang T, Kang Z, Han X. Light-Induced Variation of Lithium Coordination Environment in g-C 3N 4 Nanosheet for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ACS NANO 2024. [PMID: 38294412 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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The structure and electronic state of the active center in a single-atom catalyst undergo noticeable changes during a dynamic catalytic process. The metal atom active center is not well demonstrated in a dynamic manner. This study demonstrated that Li metal atoms, serving as active centers, can migrate on a C3N4 monolayer or between C3N4 monolayers when exposed to light irradiation. This migration alters the local coordination environment of Li in the C3N4 nanosheets, leading to a significant enhancement in photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic H2O2 process could be maintained for 35 h with a 920 mmol/g record-high yield, corresponding to a 0.4% H2O2 concentration, which is far greater than the value (0.1%) of practical application for wastewater treatment. Density functional theory calculations indicated that dynamic Li-coordinated structures contributed to the superhigh photocatalytic activity.
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- Chunqiang Zhuang
- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Faculty of Environment and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
- Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (MIMSE), MUST-SUDA Joint Research Center for Advanced Functional Materials, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macao, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People's Republic of China
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Tan C, Wang W, Wu Y, Chen Y. Dissolved LiO 2 or adsorbed LiO 2? The reactive superoxide during discharging process in lithium-oxygen batteries. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:160-174. [PMID: 37753617 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00080j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Lithium-oxygen batteries are promising but have many challenges. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, they are usually discharge-charge cycled with capacity cutoff instead of potential cutoff, which brings controversy. Additionally, which superoxide intermediate, the dissolved or the adsorbed superoxide, is more reactive and leads to cell premature death and unsatisfactory discharge capacity? These questions puzzle researchers and impede the development of lithium-oxygen batteries. Herein, on one hand, we tried to decouple the influence of discharging potential and discharging current density on the discharge products and side reactions. We found that the electrode potential has more impact on the side reactions than the current density. The low potential leads to a high ratio of Li2CO3 to Li2O2 in the discharge product and hence more surface passivation. On the other hand, to identify the more reactive and aggressive species that cause surface passivation, a flow cell setup was applied to suppress the solution route and maximize the products from the surface route. Results show that more Li2CO3 was identified under a large flow rate and thus the intermediates in surface route appear to be more reactive than that in solution route.
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- Chuan Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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Jenkins M, Dewar D, Nimmo T, Chau C, Gao X, Bruce PG. The accumulation of Li 2CO 3 in a Li-O 2 battery with dual mediators. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:318-326. [PMID: 37781864 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00105a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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One of the most important challenges facing long cycle life Li-O2 batteries is solvent degradation. Even the most stable ethers, such as CH3O(CH2CH2O)CH3, degrade to form products including Li2CO3, which accumulates in the pores of the gas diffusion electrode on cycling leading to polarisation and capacity fading. In this work, we examine the build-up and distribution of Li2CO3 within the porous gas diffusion electrode during cycling and its link to the cell failure. We also demonstrate that the removal of Li2CO3 by a redox mediator can partially recover the cell performance and extend the cycle life of a Li-O2 battery.
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- Max Jenkins
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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- Future Battery Research Centre, Global Institute of Future Technologies, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Fritzke JB, Ellison JHJ, Brazel L, Horwitz G, Menkin S, Grey CP. Spiers Memorial Lecture: Lithium air batteries - tracking function and failure. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:9-28. [PMID: 38105743 PMCID: PMC10823487 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00154g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The lithium-air battery (LAB) is arguably the battery with the highest energy density, but also a battery with significant challenges to be overcome before it can be used commercially in practical devices. Here, we discuss experimental approaches developed by some of the authors to understand the function and failure of lithium-oxygen batteries. For example, experiments in which nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to quantify dissolved oxygen concentrations and diffusivity are described. 17O magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra of electrodes extracted from batteries at different states of charge (SOC) allowed the electrolyte decomposition products at each stage to be determined. For instance, the formation of Li2CO3 and LiOH in a dimethoxyethane (DME) solvent and their subsequent removal on charging was followed. Redox mediators have been used to chemically reduce oxygen or to chemically oxidise Li2O2 in order to prevent electrode clogging by insulating compounds, which leads to lower capacities and rapid degradation; the studies of these mediators represent an area where NMR and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies could play a role in unravelling reaction mechanisms. Finally, recently developed coupled in situ NMR and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are used to characterise the charge transport mechanism in lithium symmetric cells and to distinguish between electronic and ionic transport, demonstrating the formation of transient (soft) shorts in common lithium-oxygen electrolytes. More stable solid electrolyte interphases are formed under an oxygen atmosphere, which helps stabilise the lithium anode on cycling.
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- Jana B Fritzke
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Jordan JW, Vailaya G, Holc C, Jenkins M, McNulty RC, Puscalau C, Tokay B, Laybourn A, Gao X, Walsh DA, Newton GN, Bruce PG, Johnson LR. A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:381-391. [PMID: 37846514 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00137g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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The lithium-air (Li-air) battery offers one of the highest practical specific energy densities of any battery system at >400 W h kgsystem-1. The practical cell is expected to operate in air, which is flowed into the positive porous electrode where it forms Li2O2 on discharge and is released as O2 on charge. The presence of CO2 and H2O in the gas stream leads to the formation of oxidatively robust side products, Li2CO3 and LiOH, respectively. Thus, a gas handling system is needed to control the flow and remove CO2 and H2O from the gas supply. Here we present the first example of an integrated Li-air battery with in-line gas handling, that allows control over the flow and composition of the gas supplied to a Li-air cell and simultaneous evaluation of the cell and scrubber performance. Our findings reveal that O2 flow can drastically impact the capacity of cells and confirm the need for redox mediators. However, we show that current air-electrode designs translated from fuel cell technology are not suitable for Li-air cells as they result in the need for higher gas flow rates than required theoretically. This puts the scrubber under a high load and increases the requirements for solvent saturation and recapture. Our results clarify the challenges that must be addressed to realise a practical Li-air system and will provide vital insight for future modelling and cell development.
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- Jack W Jordan
- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
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- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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Li W, Zhang M, Sun X, Sheng C, Mu X, Wang L, He P, Zhou H. Boosting a practical Li-CO 2 battery through dimerization reaction based on solid redox mediator. Nat Commun 2024; 15:803. [PMID: 38280844 PMCID: PMC11258291 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45087-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024] Open
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Li-CO2 batteries offer a promising avenue for converting greenhouse gases into electricity. However, the inherent challenge of direct electrocatalytic reduction of inert CO2 often results in the formation of Li2CO3, causing a dip in output voltage and energy efficiency. Our innovative approach involves solid redox mediators, affixed to the cathode via a Cu(II) coordination compound of benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid. This technique effectively circumvents the shuttle effect and sluggish kinetics associated with soluble redox mediators. Results show that the electrochemically reduced Cu(I) solid redox mediator efficiently captures CO2, facilitating Li2C2O4 formation through a dimerization reaction involving a dimeric oxalate intermediate. The Li-CO2 battery employing the Cu(II) solid redox mediator boasts a higher discharge voltage of 2.8 V, a lower charge potential of 3.7 V, and superior cycling performance over 400 cycles. Simultaneously, the successful development of a Li-CO2 pouch battery propels metal-CO2 batteries closer to practical application.
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- Wei Li
- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China.
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- Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China.
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Wang W, Tan C, He L, Yu F, Gao X, Chen Y. Determinants of the Surface Film during the Discharging Process in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:583-589. [PMID: 38198564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Lithium-oxygen batteries have one of the highest theoretical capacities and specific energies, but several challenges remain. One of them is premature death caused by a passivation layer with poor conductivities (both electronic and ionic) on the electrode surface during the discharge process. Once this thin layer forms on the surface of the catalyst and substrate, the overpotential significantly increases and causes early cell death. Therefore, understanding this thin layer is crucial to achieving high specific energy lithium-oxygen batteries. Herein, we quantitatively compared the ratio of lithium carbonate to lithium peroxide during the discharge process in a flow cell at different potentials. We found that the ratio rapidly increased at low potential and high flow rates. The surface route led to significant byproducts on the Au electrodes, and consequently, a 3 nm thick discharge product film passivates the electrode surface in a flow cell.
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- Wentao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, People's Republic of China
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- Future Battery Research Center, Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, People's Republic of China
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- Future Battery Research Center, Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, People's Republic of China
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Ahmed D, Muhammad N, Ding ZJ. Black phosphorene/SnSe van der Waals heterostructure as a promising anchoring anode material for metal-ion batteries. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 36:065001. [PMID: 37903432 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad07f1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Black phosphorene (BP) is a glowing two-dimensional semiconducting layer material for cutting-edge microelectronics, with high carrier mobility and thickness-dependent band gap. Here, based on van der Waals (vdW)-corrected first-principles approaches, we investigated stacked BP/tin selenide (BP/SnSe) vdW heterostructure as an anode material for metal ion batteries, which exhibits a significant theoretical capacity, along with relatively durable binding strength compared to the constituent BP and SnSe monolayers. Our calculations demonstrated that the Li/Na adatom favors insertion into the interlayer region of BP/SnSe vdW heterostructure owing to synergistic interfacial effect, resulting in comparable diffusivity to the BP and SnSe monolayers. Subsequently, the theoretical specific capacities for Li/Na are found to be as high as 956.30 mAhg-1and 828.79 mAhg-1, respectively, which could be attributed to the much higher storage capacity of Li/Na adatoms in the BP/SnSe vdW heterostructure. Moreover, the electronic structure calculations reveal that a large amount of charge transfer assists in semiconductor-to-metallic transition upon lithiation/sodiation, ensuring good electrical conductivity. These simulations verify that the BP/SnSe vdW heterostructure has immense potential for application in the design of metal-ion battery technologies.
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- Dildar Ahmed
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Zheng LJ, Song LN, Wang XX, Liang S, Wang HF, Du XY, Xu JJ. Intrinsic Stress-strain in Barium Titanate Piezocatalysts Enabling Lithium-Oxygen Batteries with Low Overpotential and Long Life. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311739. [PMID: 37723129 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Rechargeable lithium-oxygen (Li-O2 ) batteries with high theoretical energy density are considered as promising candidates for portable electronic devices and electric vehicles, whereas their commercial application is hindered due to poor cyclic stability caused by the sluggish kinetics and cathode passivation. Herein, the intrinsic stress originated from the growth and decomposition of the discharge product (lithium peroxide, Li2 O2 ) is employed as a microscopic pressure resource to induce the built-in electric field, further improving the reaction kinetics and interfacial Lithium ion (Li+ ) transport during cycling. Piezopotential caused by the intrinsic stress-strain of solid Li2 O2 is capable of providing the driving force for the separation and transport of carriers, enhancing the Li+ transfer, and thus improving the redox reaction kinetics of Li-O2 batteries. Combined with a variety of in situ characterizations, the catalytic mechanism of barium titanate (BTO), a typical piezoelectric material, was systematically investigated, and the effect of stress-strain transformation on the electrochemical reaction kinetics and Li+ interface transport for the Li-O2 batteries is clearly established. The findings provide deep insight into the surface coupling strategy between intrinsic stress and electric fields to regulate the electrochemical reaction kinetics behavior and enhance the interfacial Li+ transport for battery system.
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- Li-Jun Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
- International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Food, Zhengzhou University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450044, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
- International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Zhang S, Li H, Lin Y, Yuan M, Nan C, Chen C. Tunable Oxygen Vacancies of Cobalt Oxides in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries: Morphology Control of Discharge Product. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9119-9125. [PMID: 37773017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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The discharge product Li2O2 is difficult to decompose in lithium-oxygen batteries, resulting in poor reversibility and cycling stability of the battery, and the morphology of Li2O2 has a great influence on its decomposition during the charging process. Therefore, reasonable design of the catalyst structure to improve the density of catalyst active sites and make Li2O2 form a morphology which is easy to decompose in the charging process will help improve the performance of battery. Here, we demonstrate a series of hollow nanoboxes stacked by Co3O4 nanoparticles with different sizes. The results show that the surface of the nanoboxes composed of smaller size Co3O4 nanoparticles contains abundant pore structure and higher concentration of oxygen vacancies, which changes the adsorption energy of reactants and intermediates, providing more nucleation sites for Li2O2, thereby forming Li2O2 with high dispersion, which is easier to decompose during charging, and eventually improve the performance of the battery. This provides an important idea for the structural design of the cathode catalyst in lithium-oxygen batteries and the regulation of Li2O2 morphology.
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- Yu Zhang
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Hou WH, Zhou P, Gu H, Ou Y, Xia Y, Song X, Lu Y, Yan S, Cao Q, Liu H, Liu F, Liu K. Fluorinated Carbamate-Based Electrolyte Enables Anion-Dominated Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Highly Reversible Li Metal Anode. ACS NANO 2023; 17:17527-17535. [PMID: 37578399 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Li metal is regarded as the most promising battery anode to boost energy density. However, being faced with the hostile compatibility between the Li anode and traditional carbonate electrolyte, its large-scale industrialization has been in a distressing circumstance due to severe dendrite growth caused by unsatisfying solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). With this regard, accurate control over the composition of the SEI is urgently desired to tackle the electrochemical and mechanical instability at the electrolyte/anode interface. Herein, we report a rationally designed fluorinated carbamate-based electrolyte employing LiNO3 as one of the main salts to induce the preferable anion decomposition to achieve a homogeneous and inorganic (LiF, Li3N, Li2O)-rich SEI. Thus, this electrolyte achieves a high Coulombic efficiency of 99% of the Li metal anode, a stable cycling over 1000 h for Li|Li symmetric cells, more than 100 cycles in 40-μm-thin Li|high-loading-NCM811 full batteries, and >50 cycles in Cu|LiFePO4 pouch cells, which is a promising electrolyte for highly reversible Li metal batteries.
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- Wen-Hui Hou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Space Power-sources, State Key Laboratory of Space Power-sources Technology, Shanghai 200245, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Ma W, Liu T, Xu C, Lei C, Jiang P, He X, Liang X. A twelve-electron conversion iodine cathode enabled by interhalogen chemistry in aqueous solution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5508. [PMID: 37679335 PMCID: PMC10484974 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41071-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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The battery chemistry aiming for high energy density calls for the redox couples that embrace multi-electron transfer with high redox potential. Here we report a twelve-electron transfer iodine electrode based on the conversion between iodide and iodate in aqueous electrolyte, which is six times than that of the conventional iodide/iodine redox couple. This is enabled by interhalogen chemistry between iodine (in the electrode) and bromide (in the acidic electrolyte), which provides an electrochemical-chemical loop (the bromide-iodate loop) that accelerates the kinetics and reversibility of the iodide/iodate electrode reaction. In the deliberately designed aqueous electrolyte, the twelve-electron iodine electrode delivers a high specific capacity of 1200 mAh g-1 with good reversibility, corresponding to a high energy density of 1357 Wh kg-1. The proposed iodine electrode is substantially promising for the design of future high energy density aqueous batteries, as validated by the zinc-iodine full battery and the acid-alkaline decoupling battery.
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- Wenjiao Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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Xiao P, Yun X, Chen Y, Guo X, Gao P, Zhou G, Zheng C. Insights into the solvation chemistry in liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:5255-5316. [PMID: 37462967 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00151b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Lithium-based rechargeable batteries have dominated the energy storage field and attracted considerable research interest due to their excellent electrochemical performance. As indispensable and ubiquitous components, electrolytes play a pivotal role in not only transporting lithium ions, but also expanding the electrochemical stable potential window, suppressing the side reactions, and manipulating the redox mechanism, all of which are closely associated with the behavior of solvation chemistry in electrolytes. Thus, comprehensively understanding the solvation chemistry in electrolytes is of significant importance. Here we critically reviewed the development of electrolytes in various lithium-based rechargeable batteries including lithium-metal batteries (LMBs), nonaqueous lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs), and aqueous lithium-ion batteries (ALIBs), and emphasized the effects of interactions between cations, anions, and solvents on solvation chemistry, and functions of solvation chemistry in different types of electrolytes (strong solvating electrolytes, moderate solvating electrolytes, and weak solvating electrolytes) on the electrochemical performance and redox mechanism in the abovementioned rechargeable batteries. Specifically, the significant effects of solvation chemistry on the stability of electrode-electrolyte interphases, suppression of lithium dendrites in LMBs, inhibition of the co-intercalation of solvents in LIBs, improvement of anodic stability at high cut-off voltages in LMBs, LIBs and ALIBs, regulation of redox pathways in LSBs and LOBs, and inhibition of hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions in LOBs are thoroughly summarized. Finally, the review concludes with a prospective outlook, where practical issues of electrolytes, advanced in situ/operando techniques to illustrate the mechanism of solvation chemistry, and advanced theoretical calculation and simulation techniques such as "material knowledge informed machine learning" and "artificial intelligence (AI) + big data" driven strategies for high-performance electrolytes have been proposed.
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- Peitao Xiao
- College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China.
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- College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China.
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- College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China.
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- College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Tsinghua, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China.
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Liang Y, Shen C, Liu H, Wang C, Li D, Zhao X, Fan L. Tailoring Conversion-Reaction-Induced Alloy Interlayer for Dendrite-Free Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Lithium-Metal Battery. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300985. [PMID: 37083269 PMCID: PMC10323657 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Utilization of lithium (Li) metal anodes in all-solid-state batteries employing sulfide solid electrolytes is hindered by diffusion-related dendrite growth at high rates of charge. Engineering ex-situ Li-intermetallic interlayers derived from a facile solution-based conversion-alloy reaction is attractive for bypassing the Li0 self-diffusion restriction. However, no correlation is established between the properties of conversion-reaction-induced (CRI) interlayers and the deposition behavior of Li0 in all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries (ASSLBs). Herein, using a control set of electrochemical characterization experiments with LixAgy as the interlayer in different battery chemistries, this work identifies that dendritic tolerance in ASSLBs is susceptible to the surface roughness and electronic conductivity of the CRI-alloy interlayer. This work thereby tailors the CRI-alloy interlayer from the typical mosaic structure to a hierarchical gradient structure by adjusting the pit corrosion kinetics from the (de)solvation mechanism to an adsorption model, yielding a smooth organic-rich outer layer and a composition-regulated inorganic-rich inner layer composed mainly of lithiophilic LixAgy and electron-insulating LiF. Ultimately, desirable roughness, conductivity, and diffusivity are integrated simultaneously into the tailored CRI-alloy interlayer, resulting in dendrite-free and dense Li deposition beneath the interlayer capable of improving battery cycling stability. This work provides a rational protocol for the CRI-alloy interlayer specialized for ASSLBs.
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- Yuhao Liang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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- Institute of Materials ScienceTechnical University of Darmstadt64 287DarmstadtGermany
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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Yu W, Yoshii T, Aziz A, Tang R, Pan Z, Inoue K, Kotani M, Tanaka H, Scholtzová E, Tunega D, Nishina Y, Nishioka K, Nakanishi S, Zhou Y, Terasaki O, Nishihara H. Edge-Site-Free and Topological-Defect-Rich Carbon Cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300268. [PMID: 37029464 PMCID: PMC10238210 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The rational design of a stable and catalytic carbon cathode is crucial for the development of rechargeable lithium-oxygen (LiO2 ) batteries. An edge-site-free and topological-defect-rich graphene-based material is proposed as a pure carbon cathode that drastically improves LiO2 battery performance, even in the absence of extra catalysts and mediators. The proposed graphene-based material is synthesized using the advanced template technique coupled with high-temperature annealing at 1800 °C. The material possesses an edge-site-free framework and mesoporosity, which is crucial to achieve excellent electrochemical stability and an ultra-large capacity (>6700 mAh g-1 ). Moreover, both experimental and theoretical structural characterization demonstrates the presence of a significant number of topological defects, which are non-hexagonal carbon rings in the graphene framework. In situ isotopic electrochemical mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations reveal the unique catalysis of topological defects in the formation of amorphous Li2 O2 , which may be decomposed at low potential (∼ 3.6 V versus Li/Li+ ) and leads to improved cycle performance. Furthermore, a flexible electrode sheet that excludes organic binders exhibits an extremely long lifetime of up to 307 cycles (>1535 h), in the absence of solid or soluble catalysts. These findings may be used to design robust carbon cathodes for LiO2 batteries.
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- Wei Yu
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced MaterialsTohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- JSPS International Research Fellow (Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra‐Materials (RISM)Shinshu UniversityNagano3808553Japan
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of Slovak Academy of SciencesDúbravská cesta 9Bratislava84536Slovakia
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- Institute of Soil ResearchUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesPeter‐Jordan‐Strasse 82Wien1190Austria
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- Research Core for Interdisciplinary SciencesOkayama University3‐1‐1 Tsushima‐NakaKita‐kuOkayama7008530Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy ChemistryGraduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka UniversityToyonakaOsaka5608531Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy ChemistryGraduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka UniversityToyonakaOsaka5608531Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science DivisionInstitute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS‐OTRI)Osaka UniversitySuitaOsaka5650871Japan
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- Centre for High‐Resolution Electron Microscopy (CℏEM)School of Physical Science and TechnologyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai201210China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High‐Resolution Electron MicroscopyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai201210China
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- Centre for High‐Resolution Electron Microscopy (CℏEM)School of Physical Science and TechnologyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai201210China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High‐Resolution Electron MicroscopyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai201210China
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI‐AIMR)Tohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced MaterialsTohoku UniversitySendai9808577Japan
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Ahn S, Zor C, Yang S, Lagnoni M, Dewar D, Nimmo T, Chau C, Jenkins M, Kibler AJ, Pateman A, Rees GJ, Gao X, Adamson P, Grobert N, Bertei A, Johnson LR, Bruce PG. Why charging Li-air batteries with current low-voltage mediators is slow and singlet oxygen does not explain degradation. Nat Chem 2023:10.1038/s41557-023-01203-3. [PMID: 37264102 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01203-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Although Li-air rechargeable batteries offer higher energy densities than lithium-ion batteries, the insulating Li2O2 formed during discharge hinders rapid, efficient re-charging. Redox mediators are used to facilitate Li2O2 oxidation; however, fast kinetics at a low charging voltage are necessary for practical applications and are yet to be achieved. We investigate the mechanism of Li2O2 oxidation by redox mediators. The rate-limiting step is the outer-sphere one-electron oxidation of Li2O2 to LiO2, which follows Marcus theory. The second step is dominated by LiO2 disproportionation, forming mostly triplet-state O2. The yield of singlet-state O2 depends on the redox potential of the mediator in a way that does not correlate with electrolyte degradation, in contrast to earlier views. Our mechanistic understanding explains why current low-voltage mediators (<+3.3 V) fail to deliver high rates (the maximum rate is at +3.74 V) and suggests important mediator design strategies to deliver sufficiently high rates for fast charging at potentials closer to the thermodynamic potential of Li2O2 oxidation (+2.96 V).
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- Sunyhik Ahn
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Yan H, Wang WW, Wu TR, Gu Y, Li KX, Wu DY, Zheng M, Dong Q, Yan J, Mao BW. Morphology-Dictated Mechanism of Efficient Reaction Sites for Li 2O 2 Decomposition. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37216562 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In the pursuit of a highly reversible lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery, control of reaction sites to maintain stable conversion between O2 and Li2O2 at the cathode side is imperatively desirable. However, the mechanism involving the reaction site during charging remains elusive, which, in turn, imposes challenges in recognition of the origin of overpotential. Herein, via combined investigations by in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), we propose a universal morphology-dictated mechanism of efficient reaction sites for Li2O2 decomposition. It is found that Li2O2 deposits with different morphologies share similar localized conductivities, much higher than that reported for bulk Li2O2, enabling the reaction site not only at the electrode/Li2O2/electrolyte interface but also at the Li2O2/electrolyte interface. However, while the mass transport process is more enhanced at the former, the charge-transfer resistance at the latter is sensitively related to the surface structure and thus the reactivity of the Li2O2 deposit. Consequently, for compact disk-like deposits, the electrode/Li2O2/electrolyte interface serves as the dominant decomposition site, which causes premature departure of Li2O2 and loss of reversibility; on the contrary, for porous flower-like and film-like Li2O2 deposits bearing a larger surface area and richer surface-active structures, both the interfaces are efficient for decomposition without premature departure of the deposit so that the overpotential arises primarily from the sluggish oxidation kinetics and the decomposition is more reversible. The present work provides instructive insights into the understanding of the mechanism of reaction sites during the charge process, which offers guidance for the design of reversible Li-O2 batteries.
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- Hao Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Wu D, Wu S, Zhang G, Hui C, Cao D, Guo S, Feng H, Wang Q, Cheng S, Cui P, Yang Z. Boosting Li-O 2 Battery Performance via Coupling of P-N Site-Rich N, P Co-Doped Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets with Nano-CePO 4. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206455. [PMID: 36755193 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Development of efficient and robust cathode catalysts is critical for the commercialization of Li-O2 batteries (LOBs). Herein, a well-designed CePO4 @N-P-CNSs cathode catalyst for LOBs via coupling P-N site-rich N, P co-doped graphene-like carbon nanosheets (N-P-CNSs) with nano-CePO4 via a novel "in situ derivation" coupling strategy by in situ transforming the P atoms of P-C sites in N-P-CNSs to CePO4 is reported. The CePO4 @N-P-CNSs exhibit superior bifunctional ORR/OER activity relative to commercial Pt/C-RuO2 with an overall overpotential of 0.64 V (vs RHE). Moreover, the LOB with CePO4 @N-P-CNSs as the cathode catalyst delivers a low charge overpotential of 0.67 V (vs Li/Li+ ), high discharge capacity of 29774 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 and long cycling stability of 415 cycles, respectively. The remarkably enhanced LOB performance is attributable to the in situ derived CePO4 nanoparticles and the P-N sites in N-P-CNSs, which facilitate increased bifunctional ORR/OER activity, promote the rapid and effective decomposition of Li2 O2 and inhibit the formation of Li2 CO3 . This work may provide new inspiration for designing efficient, durable, and cost-effective cathode catalysts for LOBs.
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- Di Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, Hainan Normal University, Longkunnan Road 99, Haikou, 571158, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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Liu T, Zhao S, Xiong Q, Yu J, Wang J, Huang G, Ni M, Zhang X. Reversible Discharge Products in Li-Air Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2208925. [PMID: 36502282 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lithium-air (Li-air) batteries stand out among the post-Li-ion batteries due to their high energy density, which has rapidly progressed in the past years. Regarding the fundamental mechanism of Li-air batteries that discharge products produced and decomposed during charging and recharging progress, the reversibility of products closely affects the battery performance. Along with the upsurge of the mainstream discharge products lithium peroxide, with devoted efforts to screening electrolytes, constructing high-efficiency cathodes, and optimizing anodes, much progress is made in the fundamental understanding and performance. However, the limited advancement is insufficient. In this case, the investigations of other discharge products, including lithium hydroxide, lithium superoxide, lithium oxide, and lithium carbonate, emerge and bring breakthroughs for the Li-air battery technologies. To deepen the understanding of the electrochemical reactions and conversions of discharge products in the battery, recent advances in the various discharge products, mainly focusing on the growth and decomposition mechanisms and the determining factors are systematically reviewed. The perspectives for Li-air batteries on the fundamental development of discharge products and future applications are also provided.
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- Tong Liu
- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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Qiu Q, Long J, Yao P, Wang J, Li X, Pan ZZ, Zhao Y, Li Y. Cathode electrocatalyst in aprotic lithium oxygen (Li-O2) battery: A literature survey. Catal Today 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Huang W, Qiu J, Ji Y, Zhao W, Dong Z, Yang K, Yang M, Chen Q, Zhang M, Lin C, Xu K, Yang L, Pan F. Exploiting Cation Intercalating Chemistry to Catalyze Conversion-Type Reactions in Batteries. ACS NANO 2023; 17:5570-5578. [PMID: 36895079 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Effective harvest of electrochemical energy from insulating compounds serves as the key to unlocking the potential capacity from many materials that otherwise could not be exploited for energy storage. Herein, an effective strategy is proposed by employing LiCoO2, a widely commercialized positive electrode material in Li-ion batteries, as an efficient redox mediator to catalyze the decomposition of Na2CO3 via an intercalating mechanism. Differing from traditional redox mediation processes where reactions occur on the limited surface sites of catalysts, the electrochemically delithiated Li1-xCoO2 forms NayLi1-xCoO2 crystals, which act as a cation intercalating catalyzer that directs Na+ insertion-extraction and activates the reaction of Na2CO3 with carbon. Through altering the route of the mass transport process, such redox centers are delocalized throughout the bulk of LiCoO2, which ensures maximum active reaction sites. The decomposition of Na2CO3 thus accelerated significantly reduces the charging overpotential in Na-CO2 batteries; meanwhile, Na compensation can also be achieved for various Na-deficient cathode materials. Such a surface-induced catalyzing mechanism for conversion-type reactions, realized via cation intercalation chemistry, expands the boundary for material discovery and makes those conventionally unfeasible a rich source to explore for efficient utilization of chemical energy.
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- Weiyuan Huang
- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Battery Science Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, Power and Energy Division, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Feng H, Yang Q, Li C, Lin Y, Liu H, Zhang N, Hu B. Completely Eradicating Singlet Oxygen in Li-O 2 Battery via Cobalt(II)-Porphyrin Complex-Catalyzed LiOH Chemistry. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:846-853. [PMID: 36656720 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Li-O2 batteries have an extremely high theoretical specific energy; however, the large charge overpotential and highly reactive singlet oxygen (1O2) are two major obstacles. Porphyrin as a special kind of macrocyclic conjugated aromatic system exhibits excellent redox activity, which can be optimized by introducing a center metal atom. Herein, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)-porphyrin (TAPP) and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)-porphyrin-Co(II) (Co-TAP) are applied as effective redox mediators for Li-O2 batteries. The synergistic effects of a center metal atom and organic ligand make Co-TAP more favorable for oxygen reduction and evolution. To understand the fundamental reaction mechanisms with or without TAPP or Co-TAP, the discharge/charge processes and the parasitic reactions have been comprehensively studied. The results reveal that TAPP affects the formation mechanism of Li2O2, while Co-TAP transforms the main discharge product into LiOH without adding extra water. Co-TAP-containing batteries operated via LiOH chemistry completely eradicate 1O2 and significantly alleviate the parasitic reactions associated with 1O2.
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- Hui Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
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Sun X, Mu X, Zheng W, Wang L, Yang S, Sheng C, Pan H, Li W, Li CH, He P, Zhou H. Binuclear Cu complex catalysis enabling Li-CO 2 battery with a high discharge voltage above 3.0 V. Nat Commun 2023; 14:536. [PMID: 36725869 PMCID: PMC9892515 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36276-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Li-CO2 batteries possess exceptional advantages in using greenhouse gases to provide electrical energy. However, these batteries following Li2CO3-product route usually deliver low output voltage (<2.5 V) and energy efficiency. Besides, Li2CO3-related parasitic reactions can further degrade battery performance. Herein, we introduce a soluble binuclear copper(I) complex as the liquid catalyst to achieve Li2C2O4 products in Li-CO2 batteries. The Li-CO2 battery using the copper(I) complex exhibits a high electromotive voltage up to 3.38 V, an increased output voltage of 3.04 V, and an enlarged discharge capacity of 5846 mAh g-1. And it shows robust cyclability over 400 cycles with additional help of Ru catalyst. We reveal that the copper(I) complex can easily capture CO2 to form a bridged Cu(II)-oxalate adduct. Subsequently reduction of the adduct occurs during discharge. This work innovatively increases the output voltage of Li-CO2 batteries to higher than 3.0 V, paving a promising avenue for the design and regulation of CO2 conversion reactions.
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- Xinyi Sun
- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCenter of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China
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Thakur P, Alam K, Sen P, Narayanan TN. Polysaccharide Modified Cathodes for High-Capacity Rechargeable Nonaqueous Li-O 2 Batteries. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:437-444. [PMID: 36622789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Nonaqueous rechargeable Li-O2 batteries are recognized as possible alternatives to the currently established Li-ion battery technology for next-generation traction by virtue of their high specific energy. However, the technology is still far from commercial realization mainly due to the performance-limiting reactions at the cathode. The insulating discharge product, Li2O2, can passivate the cathode leading to issues such as low specific capacity and early cell death. Herein, the -OH functionalities at the cathode, incorporated by polysaccharide addition, are shown to enhance the discharge capacity and cyclability. The -OH functional group (high pKa) at the cathode helps to stabilize the intermediate, LiO2, via an energetically favorable pathway and delays the precipitation to Li2O2, without any parasitic reaction, unlike the other reported low pKa additives. The role of the functionalities is studied using various experimental techniques and first principles density functional theory based studies. This approach provides a rational design route for the cathodes that provide high capacities for the emergent Li-O2 batteries.
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- Pallavi Thakur
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Serilingampally Mandal, Hyderabad500046, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan5290002, Israel
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- Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh211019, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Serilingampally Mandal, Hyderabad500046, India
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Rastegar S, Ahmadiparidari A, Singh SK, Zhang C, Hemmat Z, Dandu N, Counihan MJ, Bagheri M, Rojas T, Majidi L, Wang S, Jaradat A, Assary RS, Redfern PC, Mirbod P, Tepavcevic S, Subramanian A, Ngo AT, Curtiss LA, Salehi-Khojin A. A KMnO 4-Generated Colloidal Electrolyte for Redox Mediation and Anode Protection in a Li-Air Battery. ACS NANO 2022; 16:18187-18199. [PMID: 36326201 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The rechargeable lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery has the highest theoretical specific energy density of any rechargeable batteries and could transform energy storage systems if a practical device could be attained. However, among numerous challenges, which are all interconnected, are polarization due to sluggish kinetics, low cycle life, small capacity, and slow rates. In this study, we report on use of KMnO4 to generate a colloidal electrolyte made up of MnO2 nanoparticles. The resulting electrolyte provides a redox mediator for reducing the charge potential and lithium anode protection to increase cycle life. This electrolyte in combination with a stable binary transition metal dichalcogenide alloy, Nb0.5Ta0.5S2, as the cathode enables the operation of a Li-O2 battery at a current density of 1 mA·cm-2 and specific capacity ranging from 1000 to 10 000 mA·h·g-1 (corresponding to 0.1-1 mA·h·cm-2) in a dry air environment with a cycle life of up to 150. This colloidal electrolyte provides a robust approach for advancing Li-air batteries.
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- Sina Rastegar
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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Shin H, Yoo JM, Sung YE, Chung DY. Dynamic Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage. JACS AU 2022; 2:2222-2234. [PMID: 36311833 PMCID: PMC9597595 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electrochemical energy conversion and storage are central to developing future renewable energy systems. For efficient energy utilization, both the performance and stability of electrochemical systems should be optimized in terms of the electrochemical interface. To achieve this goal, it is imperative to understand how a tailored electrode structure and electrolyte speciation can modify the electrochemical interface structure to improve its properties. However, most approaches describe the electrochemical interface in a static or frozen state. Although a simple static model has long been adopted to describe the electrochemical interface, atomic and molecular level pictures of the interface structure should be represented more dynamically to understand the key interactions. From this perspective, we highlight the importance of understanding the dynamics within an electrochemical interface in the process of designing highly functional and robust energy conversion and storage systems. For this purpose, we explore three unique classes of dynamic electrochemical interfaces: self-healing, active-site-hosted, and redox-mediated interfaces. These three cases of dynamic electrochemical interfaces focusing on active site regeneration collectively suggest that our understanding of electrochemical systems should not be limited to static models but instead expanded toward dynamic ones with close interactions between the electrode surface, dissolved active sites, soluble species, and reactants in the electrolyte. Only when we begin to comprehend the fundamentals of these dynamics through operando analyses can electrochemical conversion and storage systems be advanced to their full potential.
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- Heejong Shin
- Center
for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for
Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic
of Korea
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- Department
of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH
Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center
for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for
Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic
of Korea
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Zhou J, Wang T, Chen L, Liao L, Wang Y, Xi S, Chen B, Lin T, Zhang Q, Ye C, Zhou X, Guan Z, Zhai L, He Z, Wang G, Wang J, Yu J, Ma Y, Lu P, Xiong Y, Lu S, Chen Y, Wang B, Lee CS, Cheng J, Gu L, Zhao T, Fan Z. Boosting the reaction kinetics in aprotic lithium-carbon dioxide batteries with unconventional phase metal nanomaterials. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2204666119. [PMID: 36161954 PMCID: PMC9546633 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204666119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Given the high energy density and eco-friendly characteristics, lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO2) batteries have been considered to be a next-generation energy technology to promote carbon neutral and space exploration. However, Li-CO2 batteries suffer from sluggish reaction kinetics, causing large overpotential and poor energy efficiency. Here, we observe enhanced reaction kinetics in aprotic Li-CO2 batteries with unconventional phase 4H/face-centered cubic (fcc) iridium (Ir) nanostructures grown on gold template. Significantly, 4H/fcc Ir exhibits superior electrochemical performance over fcc Ir in facilitating the round-trip reaction kinetics of Li+-mediated CO2 reduction and evolution, achieving a low charge plateau below 3.61 V and high energy efficiency of 83.8%. Ex situ/in situ studies and theoretical calculations reveal that the boosted reaction kinetics arises from the highly reversible generation of amorphous/low-crystalline discharge products on 4H/fcc Ir via the Ir-O coupling. The demonstration of flexible Li-CO2 pouch cells with 4H/fcc Ir suggests the feasibility of using unconventional phase nanomaterials in practical scenarios.
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- Jingwen Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontiers Sciences, University of Electronic Sciences and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Wahyudi W, Guo X, Ladelta V, Tsetseris L, Nugraha MI, Lin Y, Tung V, Hadjichristidis N, Li Q, Xu K, Ming J, Anthopoulos TD. Hitherto Unknown Solvent and Anion Pairs in Solvation Structures Reveal New Insights into High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2202405. [PMID: 35975430 PMCID: PMC9534968 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Solvent-solvent and solvent-anion pairings in battery electrolytes have been identified for the first time by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These hitherto unknown interactions are enabled by the hydrogen bonding induced by the strong Lewis acid Li+ , and exist between the electron-deficient hydrogen (δ+ H) present in the solvent molecules and either other solvent molecules or negatively-charged anions. Complementary with the well-established strong but short-ranged Coulombic interactions between cation and solvent molecules, such weaker but longer-ranged hydrogen-bonding casts the formation of an extended liquid structure in electrolytes that is influenced by their components (solvents, additives, salts, and concentration), which in turn dictates the ion transport within bulk electrolytes and across the electrolyte-electrode interfaces. The discovery of this new inter-component force completes the picture of how electrolyte components interact and arrange themselves, sets the foundation to design better electrolytes on the fundamental level, and probes battery performances.
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- Wandi Wahyudi
- KAUST Solar CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- Core LabsKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- Department of PhysicsNational Technical University of AthensAthensGR‐15780Greece
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- KAUST Solar CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
- Research Center for Advanced MaterialsNational Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)South TangerangBanten15314Indonesia
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- KAUST Solar CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Solar CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchun130022People's Republic of China
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- Battery Science BranchUS Army Research LaboratoryAdelphiMaryland20783USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchun130022People's Republic of China
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- KAUST Solar CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955–6900Saudi Arabia
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Wu Z, Tian Y, Chen H, Wang L, Qian S, Wu T, Zhang S, Lu J. Evolving aprotic Li-air batteries. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8045-8101. [PMID: 36047454 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00003b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lithium-air batteries (LABs) have attracted tremendous attention since the proposal of the LAB concept in 1996 because LABs have a super high theoretical/practical specific energy and an infinite supply of redox-active materials, and are environment-friendly. However, due to the lack of critical electrode materials and a thorough understanding of the chemistry of LABs, the development of LABs entered a germination period before 2010, when LABs research mainly focused on the development of air cathodes and carbonate-based electrolytes. In the growing period, i.e., from 2010 to the present, the investigation focused more on systematic electrode design, fabrication, and modification, as well as the comprehensive selection of electrolyte components. Nevertheless, over the past 25 years, the development of LABs has been full of retrospective steps and breakthroughs. In this review, the evolution of LABs is illustrated along with the constantly emerging design, fabrication, modification, and optimization strategies. At the end, perspectives and strategies are put forward for the development of future LABs and even other metal-air batteries.
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- Zhenzhen Wu
- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. .,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Sun Z, Lin X, Wang C, Hu A, Hou Q, Tan Y, Dou W, Yuan R, Zheng M, Dong Q. High‐Performance Lithium–Oxygen Batteries Using a Urea‐Based Electrolyte with Kinetically Favorable One‐Electron Li
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Oxidation Pathways. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207570. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zongqiang Sun
- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Xiamen 361005 China
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Xu Z, Guo D, Liu Z, Wang Z, Gu Z, Wang D, Yao X. Cellulose Acetate-Based High-Electrolyte-Uptake Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Semi-Solid-State Lithium-Oxygen Battery with Long-Cycling Stability. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200712. [PMID: 36042542 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The lithium-oxygen battery has inspired great research interests owing to its ultrahigh theoretical energy density and has been considered as one of the promising secondary batteries. However, there are still some challenges in its practical application, like liquid organic electrolyte evaporation in the semi-open system and instability in the high-voltage oxidizing environment. In this work, a cellulose acetate-based gel polymer electrolyte (CA@GPE) is proposed, whose cross-linked microporous structure ensures the ultrahigh liquid electrolyte uptake of 2391%. The prepared CA@GPE exhibits a high lithium-ion transference number of 0.595, a satisfying ionic conductivity of 0.47 mS cm -1 and a wide electrochemical stability window up to 5.0 V. The Li//Li symmetric cell employing CA@GPE could cycle stably over 1200 h. The lithium-oxygen battery with CA@GPE presents a superb cycling lifetime of 370 cycles at 0.1 mA cm -2 under 0.25 mAh cm -2 . This work offers a possible strategy to realize long-cycling stability lithium-oxygen batteries.
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- Zelin Xu
- Shanghai University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of New Energy Technology, CHINA
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of New Energy Technology, CHINA
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of New Energy Technology, CHINA
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of New Energy Technology, CHINA
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- Shanghai University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219,West Zhongguan Road, 315201, Ningbo, CHINA
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Oxidative decomposition mechanisms of lithium carbonate on carbon substrates in lithium battery chemistries. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4908. [PMID: 35987749 PMCID: PMC9392741 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32557-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lithium carbonate plays a critical role in both lithium-carbon dioxide and lithium-air batteries as the main discharge product and a product of side reactions, respectively. Understanding the decomposition of lithium carbonate during electrochemical oxidation (during battery charging) is key for improving both chemistries, but the decomposition mechanisms and the role of the carbon substrate remain under debate. Here, we use an in-situ differential electrochemical mass spectrometry-gas chromatography coupling system to quantify the gas evolution during the electrochemical oxidation of lithium carbonate on carbon substrates. Our results show that lithium carbonate decomposes to carbon dioxide and singlet oxygen mainly via an electrochemical process instead of via a chemical process in an electrolyte of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide in tetraglyme. Singlet oxygen attacks the carbon substrate and electrolyte to form both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide—approximately 20% of the net gas evolved originates from these side reactions. Additionally, we show that cobalt(II,III) oxide, a typical oxygen evolution catalyst, stabilizes the precursor of singlet oxygen, thus inhibiting the formation of singlet oxygen and consequent side reactions. Lithium carbonate is ubiquitous in lithium battery chemistries and leads to overpotentials, however its oxidative decomposition is unclear. Here, the authors study its decomposition in ether electrolyte, clarify the role of the carbon substrate, and propose a route to limit released singlet oxygen.
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Sun Z, Wei C, Tian M, Jiang Y, Rummeli MH, Yang R. Plasma Surface Engineering of NiCo 2S 4@rGO Electrocatalysts Enables High-Performance Li-O 2 Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:36753-36762. [PMID: 35938575 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The sluggish redox reaction kinetics for aprotic Li-O2 batteries (LOBs) caused by the insulating discharge product of Li2O2 could result in the poor round-trip efficiency, low rate capability, and cyclic stability. To address these challenges, we herein fabricated NiCo2S4 supported on reduced graphene oxide (NiCo2S4@rGO), the surface of which is further modified via a unique low-pressure capacitive-coupled nitrogen plasma (CCPN-NiCo2S4@rGO). The high ionization environment of the plasma could etch the surface of NiCo2S4@rGO, introducing effective nitrogen doping. The as-prepared CCPN-NiCo2S4@rGO has been employed as an efficient catalyst for advanced LOBs. The electrochemical analysis, combined with theoretical calculations, reveals that the N-doping can effectively improve the thermodynamics and kinetics for LiO2 adsorption, giving rise to a well-knit Li2O2 formation on CCPN-NiCo2S4@rGO. The LOBs based on the CCPN-NiCo2S4@rGO oxygen electrode deliver a low overpotential of 0.75 V, a high discharge capacity of 10,490 mA h g-1, and an improved cyclic stability (more than 110 cycles). This contribution may pave a promising avenue for facile surface engineering of the electrocatalyst in LOBs and other energy storage systems.
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- Zhihui Sun
- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Institute of Environmental Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, Ostrava 70833, Czech Republic
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, Zabrze 41-819, Poland
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, P.O. Box 270116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Dou Y, Kan D, Su Y, Zhang Y, Wei Y, Zhang Z, Zhou Z. Critical Factors Affecting the Catalytic Activity of Redox Mediators on Li-O 2 Battery Discharge. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7081-7086. [PMID: 35900208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Redox mediators (RMs) have a substantial ability to govern oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in Li-O2 batteries, which can realize large capacity and high-rate capability. However, studies on understanding RM-assisted ORR mechanisms are still in their infancy. Herein, a quinone-based molecule, vitamin K1 (VK1), is first used as the ORR RM for Li-O2 batteries, together with 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DBBQ), to elucidate key factors on the catalytic activity of RMs. By combining experiments and first-principle computations, we demonstrate that the reduced VK1 has strong oxygen affinity and can effectively retard the deposition of Li2O2 films on the electrode surface, thereby guaranteeing enough active sites for electron transfer. Besides, the low reaction free energy of disproportionation of the Li(VK1)O2 intermediate into Li2O2 also significantly accelerates the ORR process. Consequently, the catalytic activity of VK1 is significantly boosted, and the discharge capacity of VK1-assisted batteries is 3.2-4.5 times that of DBBQ-assisted batteries. This study provides new insight for better understanding the working roles of RMs in Li-O2 batteries.
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- Yaying Dou
- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Advanced Materials Research Center, Northwest Institute for Non-Ferrous Metal Research, Xi'an, Shanxi 710016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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Gueon D, Yoon J, Cho J, Moon JH. Discovery of Dual-Functional Amorphous Titanium Suboxide to Promote Polysulfide Adsorption and Regulate Sulfide Growth in Li-S Batteries. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2200958. [PMID: 35666049 PMCID: PMC9353452 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are promising as next-generation energy storage systems. Adsorbents for sulfide species are favorably applied to the cathode, but this substrate often results in a surface-passivating lithium sulfide(Li2 S) film with a strong adsorption of Li2 S. Here, an amorphous titanium suboxide (a-TiOx) is presented that strongly adsorbs lithium polysulfides (Li2 Sx , x < 6) but relatively weakly adsorbs to Li2 S. With these characteristics, the a-TiOx achieves high conversion of Li2 Sx and high sulfur utilization accompanying the growth of particulate Li2 S. The DFT calculations present a mechanism for particulate growth driven by the promoted diffusion and favorable clustering of Li2 S. The a-TiOx -coated carbon nanotube-assembled film (CNTF) cathode substrate cell achieves a high discharge capacity equivalent to 90% sulfur utilization at 0.2 C. The cell also delivers a high capacity of 850 mAh g-1 even at the ultra-high-speed of 10 C and also exhibits high stability of capacity loss of 0.0226% per cycle up to 500 cycles. The a-TiOx /CNTF is stacked to achieve a high loading of 7.5 mg S cm-2 , achieving a practical areal capacity of 10.1 mAh cm-2 .
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- Donghee Gueon
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringInstitute of Emergent MaterialsSogang UniversityBaekbeom‐ro 35, Mapo‐guSeoul04107Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringInstitute of Emergent MaterialsSogang UniversityBaekbeom‐ro 35, Mapo‐guSeoul04107Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringKorea University145 Anam‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul02841Republic of Korea
- KU‐KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology Korea University145 Anam‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul02841Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringInstitute of Emergent MaterialsSogang UniversityBaekbeom‐ro 35, Mapo‐guSeoul04107Republic of Korea
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Wang L, Lu Y, Ma S, Lian Z, Gu X, Li J, Li Z, Liu Q. Optimizing CO2 reduction and evolution reaction mediated by o-phenylenediamine toward high performance Li-CO2 battery. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Pavlov S, Danilova V, Sivakov V, Kislenko S. The effect of a mixture of an ionic liquid and organic solvent on oxygen reduction reaction kinetics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16746-16754. [PMID: 35771039 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00698g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li-O2 batteries attract great attention due to their promising theoretical energy density. One of the main obstacles on the way to achieving high energy density and good cyclability is positive electrode passivation by the Li2O2 discharge product as well as the presence of parasitic reactions that degrade electrode and electrolyte materials. To overcome these issues new electrolytes are being extensively searched for to ensure the bulk-mediated mechanism of the oxygen reduction reaction and inhibition of parasitic reactions. Different additives to organic solvents can significantly change the properties of electrolytes. This work is devoted to the effect of ionic liquids (ILs), which are proposed as an additive to the solvent due to their excellent solvation properties, high stability, low volatility and flammability. Using molecular dynamics simulations we investigate mixtures of the Pyr14TFSI ionic liquid and dimethoxyethane (DME) with different volume fractions of the IL. Our calculations show that the presence of the ionic liquid in the electrolyte stabilises solvation shells around the ions, both involved in the oxygen reduction and parasitic reactions, slowing down the kinetics of Li+ and O2- association. This makes the usage of such mixtures promising for electrolyte design for Li-O2 batteries.
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- Sergey Pavlov
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/2, 125412 Moscow, Russian Federation. .,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Nobel St. 3, Moscow, 143026, Russian Federation
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/2, 125412 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/2, 125412 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/2, 125412 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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High‐performance Lithium–Oxygen Batteries using a Urea‐based Electrolyte with Kinetically Favorable One‐electron Li2O2 Oxidation Pathways. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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