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Vol. 16 (2024)

Atomically Dispersed Ruthenium Catalysts with Open Hollow Structure for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01240-0
Xin Chen
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Yu Zhang
Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Chang Chen
Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Huinan Li
Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Yuran Lin
Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
Ke Yu
Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Caiyun Nan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
Chen Chen
Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Chen Chen

cchen@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 27

Abstract

Lithium–oxygen battery with ultra-high theoretical energy density is considered a highly competitive next-generation energy storage device, but its practical application is severely hindered by issues such as difficult decomposition of discharge products at present. Here, we have developed N-doped carbon anchored atomically dispersed Ru sites cathode catalyst with open hollow structure (h-RuNC) for Lithium–oxygen battery. On one hand, the abundance of atomically dispersed Ru sites can effectively catalyze the formation and decomposition of discharge products, thereby greatly enhancing the redox kinetics. On the other hand, the open hollow structure not only enhances the mass activity of atomically dispersed Ru sites but also improves the diffusion efficiency of catalytic molecules. Therefore, the excellent activity from atomically dispersed Ru sites and the enhanced diffusion from open hollow structure respectively improve the redox kinetics and cycling stability, ultimately achieving a high-performance lithium–oxygen battery.


Highlights:
1 The open hollow structure enhances the accessibility of atomically dispersed Ru sites and improves the diffusion efficiency of catalytic molecules
2 The abundant atomically dispersed Ru sites on the surface of catalyst provide a large number of oxygen adsorption and Li2O2 nucleation sites
3 The lithium–oxygen battery assembled with h-RuNC could catalyze the production of Li2O2 with better dispersion and improve the cycling stability.

Keywords

Atomically dispersed Open hollow structure Discharge product Lithium Oxygen battery
Chen, Xin, Yu Zhang, Chang Chen, Huinan Li, Yuran Lin, Ke Yu, Caiyun Nan, and Chen Chen. 2023. “Atomically Dispersed Ruthenium Catalysts With Open Hollow Structure for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (November):27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01240-0.
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