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Catalytic activity of a series of subphthalocyanines in the electrolyte of Li/SOCl2 battery

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A series of subphthalocyanines with different substituents (RPhO-BSubPc(COOCH3)3) have been synthesized and used as catalysts to catalyze lithium/thionyl chloride (Li/SOCl2) battery. All the compounds are structurally characterized by IR, UV, and element analysis. After adding RPhO-BSubPc(COOCH3)3 into the battery’s electrolyte, the energy and the capacity of the battery are increased by approximately 3.27–40.6 and 10.9–53.2 % than that of the battery in the absence of them. In addition, a three-step hypothetical mechanism is figured out to explain the complex catalytic process. By comparing the images of SEM, it is found that the addition of catalysts makes the lithium chloride layer looser, which is conducive to the transfer of electrons. Moreover, the hypothetical mechanism is confirmed by the results of cyclic voltammetry.

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The authors thank the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) (2013CB934001) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21171139) for their financial support of this work.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanxi Key Laboratory of physical-Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710069, People’s Republic of China

    Rongrong Guo, Zhen Dong, Bei Xu, Chao Song, Zhuo Li & Jianshe Zhao

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Beihang University, XueYuan Road No.37, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100191, People’s Republic of China

    Shichao Zhang

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Guo, R., Dong, Z., Xu, B. et al. Catalytic activity of a series of subphthalocyanines in the electrolyte of Li/SOCl2 battery. J Solid State Electrochem 19, 345–353 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2594-9

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