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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 54, Issue 14, Pages 4338-4343Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411626
Keywords
electrocatalysis; Li-MnO2 batteries; lithium-air batteries; manganese oxide; recycling
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- Programs of National 973 [2011CB935900]
- NSFC [21231005, 21322101]
- MOE [B12015, ACET-13-0296]
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The ever-increasing consumption of a huge quantity of lithium batteries, for example, Li-MnO2 cells, raises critical concern about their recycling. We demonstrate herein that decayed Li-MnO2 cells can be further utilized as rechargeable lithium-air cells with admitted oxygen. We further investigated the effects of lithiated manganese dioxide on the electrocatalytic properties of oxygen-reduction and oxygen-evolution reactions (ORR/OER). The catalytic activity was found to be correlated with the composition of LixMnO(2) electrodes (0< x < 1) generated in situ in aprotic Li-MnO2 cells owing to tuning of the Mn valence and electronic structure. In particular, modestly lithiated Li0.50MnO2 exhibited superior performance with enhanced round-trip efficiency (ca. 76%), high cycling ability (190 cycles), and high discharge capacity (10 823 mA h g(carbon)(-1)). The results indicate that the use of depleted Li-MnO2 batteries can be prolonged by their application as rechargeable lithium-air batteries.
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