Recycling cobalt in spent lithium ion batteries to design CoN/HPCF/CoN electrocatalysts for advanced zinc-air batteries

Yibin Wang; Lan Xiao; Yingjie Zhang; Mian Li; Tingting Liu

doi:10.1039/d3cc04554d

Recycling cobalt in spent lithium ion batteries to design CoN/HPCF/CoN electrocatalysts for advanced zinc-air batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Oct 26;59(86):12915-12918. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04554d.

Authors

Yibin Wang¹, Lan Xiao¹, Yingjie Zhang¹, Mian Li¹, Tingting Liu^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ National and Local Joint Engineering Center for Lithium-ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, PR China. mianzi2009@126.com.
² School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, No. 2, Green Lake North Road, Kunming 650091, PR China. liutt133@ynu.edu.cn.
³ Electron Microscopy Center, Yunnan University, No. 2, Green Lake North Road, Kunming 650091, PR China.

PMID: 37823305
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04554d

Abstract

Cobalt (Co) in spent lithium ion batteries was recycled to design a hollow and porous CoN/HPCF/CoN bifunctional electrocatalyst. It reveals superior rechargeable zinc-air battery performance (peak power density is 161.6 mW cm^-2) with excellent stability.