A long-life Li-CO2 battery employing a cathode catalyst of cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes derived from a Prussian blue analogue

Li Song; Tao Wang; Chao Wu; Xiaoli Fan; Jianping He

doi:10.1039/c9cc05392a

A long-life Li-CO₂ battery employing a cathode catalyst of cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes derived from a Prussian blue analogue

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Nov 4;55(85):12781-12784. doi: 10.1039/c9cc05392a. Epub 2019 Oct 7.

Authors

Li Song¹, Tao Wang¹, Chao Wu¹, Xiaoli Fan¹, Jianping He¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Materials Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, P. R. China. jianph@nuaa.edu.cn.

PMID: 31589236
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05392a

Abstract

A non-precious-metal catalyst, specifically made up of cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Co-N-CNTs), was synthesized by subjecting a Prussian blue analogue to annealing decomposition. These Co-N-CNTs were employed as the cathode catalyst of a Li-CO₂ battery, and helped this battery deliver a high capacity and outstanding cyclability. Furthermore, we verified the reversibility of this Li-CO₂ battery.