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Ordered two-dimensional porous Co3O4 nanosheets as electrocatalysts for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries

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Lithium-oxygen batteries have attracted considerable interest in the past a few years, because they have higher theoretical specific energy than Li-ion batteries. However, the available energy densities of the Li-O2 batteries are much less than expected. It is particularly urgent to find catalyst with high activity. Herein, a series of Co3O4 with different morphologies (ordered two-dimensional porous nanosheets, flowerlike and cuboidlike) were successfully prepared through facile hydrothermal and calcination methods. Ordered two-dimensional Co3O4 nanosheets show the best cycling stability. Detailed experimental results reveal that the superiority of the unique two-dimensional uniform porous structures is vital for Li-O2 batteries cathode catalysts. Due to the ordered structures with high surface areas and active sites, the catalysts indicate a high specific discharge capacity of about 10,417 mAh/g at a current density of 200 mA/g, and steadily cycle for more than 50 times with a limited capacity of 1,000 mAh/g.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21606021) and Youth Scholars Program of Beijing Normal University (No. 2014NT07).

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  1. College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Yu Zhang, Mengwei Yuan, Genban Sun, Yufeng Li & Caiyun Nan

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Mingzhen Hu & Kebin Zhou

  3. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Mingzhen Hu, Chen Chen & Yadong Li

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Zhang, Y., Hu, M., Yuan, M. et al. Ordered two-dimensional porous Co3O4 nanosheets as electrocatalysts for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries. Nano Res. 12, 299–302 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2214-6

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