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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018)

CuCr2O4@rGO Nanocomposites as High-Performance Cathode Catalyst for Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0175-z
Jiandi Liu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Yanyan Zhao
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Xin Li
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Chunge Wang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Yaping Zeng
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Guanghui Yue
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Qiang Chen
Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Guanghui Yue

yuegh@xmu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018), Article Number: 22

Abstract

Rechargeable lithium–oxygen batteries have been considered as a promising energy storage technology because of their ultra-high theoretical energy densities which are comparable to gasoline. In order to improve the electrochemical properties of lithium–oxygen batteries (LOBs), especially the cycling performance, a high-efficiency cathode catalyst is the most important component. Hence, we aim to demonstrate that CuCr2O4@rGO (CCO@rGO) nanocomposites, which are synthesized using a facile hydrothermal method and followed by a series of calcination processes, are an effective cathode catalyst. The obtained CCO@rGO nanocomposites which served as the cathode catalyst of the LOBs exhibited an outstanding cycling performance for over 100 cycles with a fixed capacity of 1000 mAh g−1 at a current density of 200 mA g−1. The enhanced properties were attributed to the synergistic effect between the high catalytic efficiency of the spinel-structured CCO nanoparticles, the high specific surface area, and high conductivity of the rGO.


Highlights:


1 CuCr2O4@rGO nanocomposites were facilely synthesized using the hydrothermal method.
2 The CuCr2O4@rGO nanocomposites demonstrated an outstanding cycling performance for over 100 cycles with a fixed capacity of 1000 mAh g−1 at a current density of 200 mA g−1.

Keywords

CuCr2O4@rGO nanocomposites Cathode catalyst Lithium–oxygen batteries
Liu, Jiandi, Yanyan Zhao, Xin Li, Chunge Wang, Yaping Zeng, Guanghui Yue, and Qiang Chen. 2017. “CuCr2O4@rGO Nanocomposites As High-Performance Cathode Catalyst for Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 10 (2):22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0175-z.
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