Oxygen vacancies promoting the electrocatalytic performance of CeO2 nanorods as cathode materials for Li

Oxygen vacancies promoting the electrocatalytic performance of CeO2 nanorods as cathode materials for Li–O2 batteries

Published:2019 Issue:11 Volume:7 Page:6552-6561
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Hou Yue¹²³⁴,Wang Jun¹²³⁴^ORCID,Hou Chuanxin¹²³⁴,Fan Yuqi⁵⁶⁷⁸^ORCID,Zhai Yanjie¹²³⁴,Li Hongyu¹²³⁴,Dang Feng¹²³⁴,Chou Shulei⁹¹⁰¹¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education)

2. Shandong University

3. Jinan 250061

4. P. R. China

5. Institute of Environment and Ecology

6. Shandong Normal University

7. Jinan 250014

8. China

9. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials

10. University of Wollongong

11. Australia

Abstract

A two-step hydrothermal surface engineering strategy was used to tune the concentration of oxygen vacancies of CeO₂ nanorods to achieve the best electrochemical performances of Li–O₂ batteries, which reduced the overpotential and extended the electrochemical stability of Li–O₂ batteries.

Funder

Qilu Young Scholar Program in Shandong University

Open Program in Tsinghua University

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/TA/C9TA00882A

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