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Localized Ru-induced interfacial electronic reconstruction enables highly reversible Li-CO2 batteries
Nano Research
Available online: 01 August 2026
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Li-CO2 batteries are promising for integrating energy storage with CO2 utilization, yet their practical application is limited by poor reversibility of discharge products formation/decomposition. Rational regulation of interfacial electronic environments is therefore crucial for improving reaction reversibility and enhancing electrochemical performance. Herein, a Co-based catalyst with localized Ru incorporation was constructed through a ZIF-67-derived structural confinement strategy. Localized Ru incorporation effectively reconstructs the local electronic environment of neighboring Co sites and induces interfacial electronic modulation. The Li-CO2 battery with the Ru15Co85 nanoparticles (Ru15Co85-NPs) cathode delivers a low voltage gap of 1.11 V, a high coulombic efficiency of 99.7%, and stable cycling over 750 cycles (3100 h), significantly superior to those with Co-NPs and Ru50Co50-NPs counterparts. The optimized Ru15Co85 catalyst exhibits regulated interfacial reaction, enabling more efficient Li2CO3-related conversion and decomposition processes. Density functional theory calculations further reveal that moderate Ru incorporation lowers the free-energy barrier of the rate-determining Li2CO3 formation step and reduces the Li2CO3 dissociation barrier to 0.65 eV. This work provides an effective strategy for regulating interfacial electronic environments through moderate Ru incorporation and offers new insights into the design of highly reversible Li-CO2 battery catalysts.

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