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High-Performance Li-CO2 Batteries with α-MnO2/CNT Cathodes

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A rechargeable Li-CO2 battery has been considered to be a promising battery system due to its high-energy density and the utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the high overvoltage caused by the discharge product Li2CO3 hinders the development of Li-CO2 batteries. In this work, α-MnO2 nanowires obtained via a redox reaction have been employed as the cathode catalyst in the Li-CO2 battery, which can provide sufficient catalytic sites for CO2 evolution and tune the cathode structure for the uniform distribution of Li2CO3 and C on the cathode. The Li-CO2 battery with an MnO2/carbon nanotube (CNT) cathode exhibits significantly reduced overpotential, and could be operated for 50 cycles with a fixed capacity of 1000 mAh g−1 and 6 cycles of full discharge–charge tests at a current density of 100 mA g−1.

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This work was financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21701145, 21701146, 21671176) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017M610459).

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    Dongling Lei, Shiyu Ma, Youcai Lu, Qingchao Liu & Zhongjun Li

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Lei, D., Ma, S., Lu, Y. et al. High-Performance Li-CO2 Batteries with α-MnO2/CNT Cathodes. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 4653–4659 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07250-2

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