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Carbon/titanium oxide supported bimetallic platinum/iridium nanocomposites as bifunctional electrocatalysts for lithium-air batteries

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Platinum (Pt) and iridium (Ir) catalysts are well known to strongly enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics, respectively. Pt–Ir-based bimetallic compounds along with carbon-supported titanium oxides (C–TiO2) have been synthesized for the application as electrocatalysts in lithium oxygen batteries. Transition metal oxide-based bimetallic nanocomposites (Pt–Ir/C–TiO2) were prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation technique. The as-prepared electrocatalysts were composed of a well-dispersed homogenous alloy of nanoparticles as confirmed by X-ray diffraction patterns and Fourier transform scanning electron microscopy analyses. The electrochemical characterizations reveal that the Pt–Ir/C–TiO2 electrocatalysts were bifunctional with high activity for both ORR and OER. When applied as an air cathode catalyst in lithium-air batteries, the electrocatalyst improved the battery performance in terms of capacity, reversibility, and cycle life compared to that of cathodes without any catalysts.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Human Resources Development program (No. 20114030200060) of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. This work is also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (No. 2013R1A1A2012656).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology, University Road, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan

    Awan Zahoor

  2. R&D Education Centre for Fuel Cell Materials & Systems, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Maria Christy & Kee Suk Nahm

  3. Department of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Republic of Korea

    Yongbin Kim, Anupriya Arul & Kee Suk Nahm

  4. Faculty of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea

    Yun Sung Lee

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Zahoor, A., Christy, M., Kim, Y. et al. Carbon/titanium oxide supported bimetallic platinum/iridium nanocomposites as bifunctional electrocatalysts for lithium-air batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 1397–1404 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-016-3134-6

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