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Defect-induced deposition of manganese oxides on hierarchical carbon nanocages for high-performance lithium-oxygen batteries

Baoxing Wang, Chenxia Liu, Lijun Yang, Qiang Wu ( ), Xizhang Wang( ), Zheng Hu ( )
Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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The MnOx/hCNC cathode by defect-induced deposition exhibits high full discharge capacity and superior cycle life for Li-O2 batteries, owing to the boosted reversibility of oxygen reactions by the highly dispersed MnOx nanoparticles and the fast charge/mass transfer facilitated by the hierarchical carbon nanocages (hCNC).

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The cathode of lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries should have large space for high Li2O2 uptake and superior electrocatalytic activity to oxygen evolution/reduction for long lifespan. Herein, a high-performance MnOx/hCNC cathode was constructed by the defect-induced deposition of manganese oxide (MnOx) nanoparticles on hierarchical carbon nanocages (hCNC). The corresponding Li-O2 battery (MnOx/hCNC@Li-O2) exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity with the low overpotential of 0.73‒0.99 V in the current density range of 0.1‒1.0 A·g–1. The full discharge capacity and cycling life of MnOx/hCNC@Li-O2 were increased by ~86.7% and ~91%, respectively, compared with the hCNC@Li-O2 counterpart. The superior performance of MnOx/hCNC cathode was ascribed to (i) the highly dispersed MnOx nanoparticles for boosting the reversibility of oxygen evolution/reduction reactions, (ii) the interconnecting pore structure for increasing Li2O2 accommodation and facilitating charge/mass transfer, and (iii) the concealed surface defects of hCNC for suppressing side reactions. This study demonstrated an effective strategy to improve the performance of Li-O2 batteries by constructing cathodes with highly dispersed catalytic sites and hierarchical porous structure.

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Li-O2 batteries hierarchical carbon nanocagesmanganese oxideelectrocatalysisdefect-induced deposition

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 5,
May 2022
Pages 4132-4136
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4079-y
Cite this article:
Wang B, Liu C, Yang L, et al. Defect-induced deposition of manganese oxides on hierarchical carbon nanocages for high-performance lithium-oxygen batteries. Nano Research, 2022, 15(5): 4132-4136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4079-y
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Received: 22 October 2021
Revised: 10 December 2021
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Published: 28 February 2022
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