Inorganic Noval Materials—Energy Storage and Conversion

Research progress of hetero-structured carbon materials for metal-O2 batteries applications

  • Yuehui Hao ,
  • Huaigang Cheng ,
  • Aniu Qian
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  • Institute of Resources and Environmental Engineering,State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Effcient Utilization Technology of Coal Waste Resources,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China

Received date: 2021-04-29

  Online published: 2021-07-08

Abstract

Metal-O2 batteries have great potential in the fields of wearable electronic devices and energy storages.However,poor stability and low energy efficiency limit further improvement in their electrochemical performance.Electrochemical oxy-gen reduction reaction(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction(OER) play a vital role in the performance of metal-O2 batteries. The research trend focus on the development of catalysts as electrodes with high catalytic activity and good stability.Carbon materials have been widely used as conductive framework support and electro-catalysts for Metal-O2 due to their excellent electrical conductivity and diverse structures,which have been become the research hotspot.In this paper,the research of non-metal heteroatomic doped carbon materials,transition metal and its derivatives doped carbon materials,and single-atom cata-lysts as mono-functional or bi-functional catalysts were reviewed.Their application in metal-O2 batteries were introduced in detail.The existing problems of air-electrode catalyst were summarized,and the future development direction was prospected.

Cite this article

Yuehui Hao , Huaigang Cheng , Aniu Qian . Research progress of hetero-structured carbon materials for metal-O2 batteries applications[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2021 , 53(6) : 23 -30 . DOI: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0235

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