Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Atomically dispersed cobalt catalyst anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets for lithium-oxygen batteries

  • Peng Wang,
  • Yingying Ren,
  • Rutao Wang,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Mingjie Ding,
  • Caixia Li,
  • Danyang Zhao,
  • Zhao Qian,
  • Zhiwei Zhang,
  • Luyuan Zhang,
  • Longwei Yin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15416-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The performance of Li-O2 batteries is largely determined by the oxygen electrocatalytic reactions at the cathode. Here, the authors report cobalt single-atom catalysts anchored on carbon nanosheets. The design improves oxygen redox kinetics and enables good electrochemical performance.