Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 4190-4197Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl401868q
Keywords
Lithium-oxygen batteries; graphene nanoflake; electrospinning; composite catalyst; nanofiber
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- Center for Integrated Smart Sensors
- Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning as Global Frontier Project [CISS-2012M3A6A6054188]
- Center for Inorganic Photovoltaic Materials [2012-0001175]
- Korean government (MEST)
- KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Korean Government (MEST) [NRF-2009-CIAAA001-0094219]
- Energy Efficiency and Resources of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning [20112010100110]
- Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korea government (MSIP) [2007-0056090]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2009-0094232, 2011-0031870] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Designing a highly efficient catalyst is essential to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-O-2 batteries for long-term cycling. Furthermore, these batteries often show significant capacity fading due to the irreversible reaction characteristics of the Li2O2 product. To overcome these limitations, we propose a bifunctional composite catalyst composed of electrospun one-dimensional (ID) Co3O4 nanofibers (NFs) immobilized on both sides of the 2D nonoxidized graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) for an oxygen electrode in Li-O-2 batteries. Highly conductive GNFs with noncovalent functionalization can facilitate a homogeneous dispersion in solution, thereby enabling simple and uniform attachment of ID Co3O4 NFs on GNFs without restacicing. High first discharge capacity of 10 500 mAh/g and superior cyclability for 80 cycles with a limited capacity of 1000 mAh/g were achieved by (i) improved catalytic activity of ID Co3O4 NFs with large surface area, (ii) facile electron transport via interconnected GNFs functionalized by Co3O4 NFs, and (iii) fast O-2 diffusion through the ultrathin GNF layer and porous Co3O4 NF networks.
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