Citation: Zhu Cuicui, Wang Yiping, Shuai Ling, Tang Yizhao, Qiu Ming, Xie Jian, Liu Jia, Wen Wen, Chen Hengquan, Nan Suifei, Dou Mei, He Qinggang. Remarkable improvement of cyclic stability in Li-O₂ batteries using ruthenocene as a redox mediator[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2020, 31(7): 1997-2002. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.11.046 shu

Remarkable improvement of cyclic stability in Li-O₂ batteries using ruthenocene as a redox mediator

Zhu Cuicui ^a,b ,
Wang Yiping ^c ,
Shuai Ling ^c ,
Tang Yizhao ^a,b ,
Qiu Ming ^c,**, ,
Xie Jian ^d ,
Liu Jia ^e ,
Wen Wen ^f ,
Chen Hengquan ^a,b ,
Nan Suifei ^a,b ,
Dou Mei ^a,b ,
He Qinggang ^a,b,g,*,

a.
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
b.
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
c.
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
d.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
e.
Nation & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
f.
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
g.
Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China

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qium@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

qghe@zju.edu.cn

Received Date: 16 October 2019
Revised Date: 23 November 2019
Accepted Date: 28 November 2019
Available Online: 28 November 2019

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Nonaqueous Li-O₂ batteries attract attention for their theoretical specific energy density. However, due to the difficulty of decomposition of Li₂O₂, Li-O₂ batteries have high charge overpotential and poor cycling life. So all kinds of catalysts have been studied on the cathode. Compared to heterogeneous solid catalysts, soluble catalysts achieve faster and more effective transport of electrons by reversible redox pairs. Here, we first report ruthenocene (Ruc) as a mobile redox mediator in a Li-O₂ battery. 0.01 mol/L Ruc in the electrolyte effectively reduces the charging voltage by 610 mV. Additionally, Ruc greatly increases the cycling life by four-fold (up to 83 cycles) with a simple ketjen black (KB) cathode. The results of SEM, XPS and XRD confirm that less discharge product residue accumulated after recharge. To verify the reaction mechanisms of the mediator, free energy profiles of the possible reaction pathways based on DFT are provided.
- Li-O₂ battery,
- Redox mediator,
- Ruthenocene,
- Li₂O₂,
- Cycling life
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