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Three-dimensionally branched carbon nanowebs as air-cathode for redox-mediated Li-O-2 batteries
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- Issue Date
- 2017-07
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press Ltd.
- Citation
- Carbon, Vol.118, pp.114-119
- Abstract
- The optimal design of air-electrodes is one of the important keys to achieve the high rechargeability of LiO2 batteries, however, remains as a challenging issue to date. Herein, we propose an air-electrode architecture based on three-dimensionally open macroporous carbon nanowebs (3-DOM-CNWs), which can be easily scaled-up maintaining its hierarchical structure of nano/micrometer-scale pores. It is demonstrated that the open macroporous nanoweb electrode is particularly advantageous for Li-O-2 batteries utilizing the redox mediators in the electrolyte by facilitating the efficient transport of them. The 3-DOM-CNWs electrode could deliver higher specific capacity (similar to 14,000 mAh g(-1)) and longer cyclic stability with a better energy efficiency than the conventionally used Ketjen black (KB)-based electrode for redox-mediated Li-O-2 batteries, while the specific surface area of 3-DOM-CNWs is only one fourteenth of that of the KB-based air-electrode. This result clearly demonstrates that the electrode architecture based on the hierarchical pore structures significantly enhances the electrochemical performance of Li-O-2 batteries by aiding in the transport not only of lithium and oxygen but also the redox mediators. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 0008-6223
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