Citation: Li Ming, Xiao Liang, Wang Duo, Dong Haoyang, Deng Bohua, Liu Jinping. Surface carboxyl groups enhance the capacities of carbonaceous oxygen electrodes for aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries: A direct observation on binder-free electrodes[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2019, 30(12): 2328-2332. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.07.011 shu

Surface carboxyl groups enhance the capacities of carbonaceous oxygen electrodes for aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries: A direct observation on binder-free electrodes

Li Ming ^a ,
Xiao Liang ^a,*, ,
Wang Duo ^a ,
Dong Haoyang ^a ,
Deng Bohua ^a ,
Liu Jinping ^a,b,*,

a.
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

xiaoliang@whut.edu.cn

liujp@whut.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 June 2019
Revised Date: 30 June 2019
Accepted Date: 3 July 2019
Available Online: 3 December 2019

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In order to achieve the high capacities of carbonaceous oxygen diffusion electrodes for aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries (Li-O₂ batteries), most efforts currently focus on the design of rational porous architectures. Only few works study the surface chemistry effect that might be a critical factor influencing the capacities of carbonaceous electrodes. In addition, the surface chemistry effect is very difficult to be studied in composite electrodes due to the influences of binders and additives. Herein, we propose chemically activated carbon cloth (CACC) as an ideal model to investigate the effect of surface functional groups on the discharge capacities of carbonaceous oxygen electrodes for Li-O₂ batteries. The intrinsic surface chemistry effect on the performance of carbonaceous cathode is directly observed for the first time without the influences of binders and additives. Results indicate that the surface carboxyl groups introduced by the chemical treatment not only function as the appropriate nucleation sites for Li₂O₂ but also induce the formation of toroid-like Li₂O₂. Thus, the surface carboxyl modification enhances the discharge capacities from 0.48 mAh/cm² of pristine carbon cloth to 1.23 mAh/cm² of CACC. This work presents an effective way to further optimize the carbonaceous oxygen electrodes via surface functional group engineering.
- Surface functional group,
- Chemically activated carbon cloth,
- Carbonaceous oxygen electrode,
- Specific discharge capacity,
- Lithium-oxygen battery
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