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Progress in Chemistry 2019, Vol. 31 Issue (10): 1406-1416 DOI: 10.7536/PC190306 Previous Articles   Next Articles

Carbon-Based Cathode Materials for Non-Aqueous Lithium-Air Batteries

Lulu Huang, Kailing Sun, Mingrui Liu, Jing Li, Shijun Liao**()   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFB0102900); National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFB0101201); National Natural Science Foundation of China(21476088); National Natural Science Foundation of China(21776104); Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology(2015B010106012); Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Committee(201504281614372); Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Committee(2016GJ006)
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Given their high theoretical energy density and environment compatibility, lithium-air batteries have been considered as possible alternatives to current vehicles-used Li-ion batteries. Currently lithium-air batteries still have quite a few problems and challenges to overcome, as for cathode electrodes, the development of lithium-air battery technology is hindered by air electrode with improved activity. Thus, the preparation of the high-efficiency cathode materials is still challenging. As one of the most attractive cathode materials for lithium-air batteries, carbon-based catalysts(cathode materials) have received extensive attention and research in recent years. In this paper, based on the comprehensive analysis of our group’s achievements, the recent progress of cathode catalyst for non-aqueous lithium-air batteries is briefly introduced, including porous carbon-based materials, graphene-based materials, and doped carbon materials. In every section, we also attempt to propose the future development of carbon-based cathode materials for the next stage.

Key words: lithium-air battery, carbon-based catalyst, oxygen reduction reaction/oxygen evolution reaction, complex air electrode, electrolyte
Fig. 1 Energy densities(Wh·kg-1) for various types of batteries(data from ref 2,6,7)
Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of non-aqueous lithium-air batteries
Fig. 3 (a) Model for the structure of 3DOM carbon.(b) Simplified 2D representation of the formation and accumulation of byproducts on 3DOM carbon with large(top) and small pores(bottom).(c) Cycling performance of bare 3DOM carbon of different pore sizes: 3DOM carbon with 35 nm pores(black) and 12 nm pores with high(green) and low(red) wall densities. Capacity is limited to 500 mAh·gcarbon-1, rate=100 mA·gcarbon-1.(d) Discharge/charge curves normalized to pore volumes[51]
Fig. 4 The(a) terminal voltage,(b)correlation between specific capacities and cycle number of the Li-O2 batteries with various catalysts[58]
Fig. 5 (a) Voltage profiles of RMCNT monolith electrode at 1.5 mA·cm-2 with cutoff capacities of 3.0 mAh·cm-2(purple) and 4.5 mAh·cm-2(blue).(b) Voltage profiles of CNT monolith electrode and RMCNT monolith electrode. SEM images of CNT(c),and RMCNT(e) electrodes after discharging. Chemical analysis of the electrode after discharging by XPS: CNT(d) and of RMCNT(f)[68]
Fig. 6 (a)Discharge-charge profiles of Li-O2 cells using the nanoporous graphene electrode(the cells were tested at 2.3~4.6 V with a current density of 200 mAh·g-1).(b) Cycling stability of the nanoporous N- and S-doped graphene-based Li-O2 cells[73]
Fig. 7 (a) SEM image of a VA-NCCF array grown on a piece of Si wafer.(b) TEM image of an individual VA-NCCF.(c) The sketch of Li2O2 grown on a coral-like carbon fiber.(d) Rate performance of the VA-NCCF electrode.(e) TEM image of a discharged catalyst fiber(blue and red arrows indicate spherical- and spindle-shaped Li2O2 particles, respectively[84]
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