• 文献标题:   Polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide foams as metal-free cathodes for stable lithium-oxygen batteries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CUI RR, XIAO YK, LI CX, HAN YY, LV GQ, ZHANG ZP
  • 作者关键词:   polyaniline, reduced graphene oxide, metalfree cathode, lithiumoxygen battery
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/aba658
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) are considered as next-generation energy storage devices owing to their high-energy densities, yet they generally suffer from low actual specific capacity and poor cycle performance. To solve these issues, a range of electrocatalysts have been introduced in the cathode to reduce the overpotential during charge/discharge cycles and minimize unwanted side reactions. Due to relative high costs and limited reserves of noble metals and their compounds, it is important to develop low-cost and efficient metal-free electrocatalysts. Here, we report a simple method to prepare three-dimensional porous polyaniline (PANI)/reduced graphene oxide foams (PPGFs) with different PANI contents via a two-step self-assembly process. When these foams are tested as the cathode in LOBs, the device using the PPGF with 50% PANI content exhibits a discharge capacity up to 36 010 mAh g(-1)and an excellent cycling stability (260 cycles at 1000 mAh g(-1)and 500 cycles at 500 mAh g(-1)), provid ing new insights into the design of next-generation metal-free cathodes for LOBs.