Facet engineering of low-cost transitional metal oxides for tunable ORR/OER kinetics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Abstract
To meet future needs for industries from personal devices to automobiles, energy storage devices are transitioning into the next-generation advanced battery systems beyond lithium ions with higher energy density. Among them, lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery stands out due to its highest theoretical energy density among all rechargeable ion battery systems. Yet, its application is severely disabled by the sluggish reaction kinetics during oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). To address this problem, various catalysts have been developed with the most promising materials being the noble metals (Pt, etc.) and transitional metal oxides (TMOs such as CoxOy, MnxOy, etc.). While the noble metal catalysts offer superior performance in terms of improving the reaction kinetics, the high cost and environmental sensitivity prevent the large-scale application.
Publication Title
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Recommended Citation
Yuan, Y.,
Yao, W.,
Tan, G.,
Liu, C.,
Cheng, M.,
Yurkiv, V.,
Bi, X.,
Long, F.,
Friedrich, C.,
&
et. al.
(2019).
Facet engineering of low-cost transitional metal oxides for tunable ORR/OER kinetics.
ECS Meeting Abstracts,
MA2019-02.
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