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Ordered two-dimensional porous Co3O4 nanosheets as electrocatalysts for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries

Yu Zhang1,§, Mingzhen Hu2,3,§, Mengwei Yuan1, Genban Sun1, Yufeng Li1, Kebin Zhou2, Chen Chen3, Caiyun Nan1( ), Yadong Li3
College of Chemistry,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875,China;
School of Chemical Sciences,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100049,China;
Department of Chemistry,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China;

§Yu Zhang and Mingzhen Hu contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Lithium-oxygen batteries have attracted considerable interest in the past a few years, because they have higher theoretical specific energy than Li-ion batteries. However, the available energy densities of the Li-O2 batteries are much less than expected. It is particularly urgent to find catalyst with high activity. Herein, a series of Co3O4 with different morphologies (ordered two-dimensional porous nanosheets, flowerlike and cuboidlike) were successfully prepared through facile hydrothermal and calcination methods. Ordered two-dimensional Co3O4 nanosheets show the best cycling stability. Detailed experimental results reveal that the superiority of the unique two-dimensional uniform porous structures is vital for Li-O2 batteries cathode catalysts. Due to the ordered structures with high surface areas and active sites, the catalysts indicate a high specific discharge capacity of about 10, 417 mAh/g at a current density of 200 mA/g, and steadily cycle for more than 50 times with a limited capacity of 1, 000 mAh/g.

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Li-O2 batteryorderedtwo-dimensionalporousCo3O4

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Nano Research
Volume 12 Issue 2,
February 2019
Pages 299-302
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-018-2214-6
Cite this article:
Zhang Y, Hu M, Yuan M, et al. Ordered two-dimensional porous Co3O4 nanosheets as electrocatalysts for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries. Nano Research, 2019, 12(2): 299-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2214-6
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Catalyst activityCobalt compoundsElectrocatalystsIon batteriesLithiumLithium compoundsNanosheets

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Received: 12 July 2018
Revised: 24 September 2018
Accepted: 27 September 2018
Published: 10 October 2018
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