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The role of vacancies and defects in Na0.44MnO2 nanowire catalysts for lithium-oxygen batteries
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The role of vacancies and defects in Na0.44MnO2 nanowire catalysts for lithium-oxygen batteries

Jin-Hyon Lee, Robert Black, Guerman Popov, Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Feihong Nan, Gianluigi A. Botton and Linda F. Nazar
Energy & environmental science, v 5(11), pp 9558-9565
01 Nov 2012

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Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Energy & Fuels Engineering Engineering, Chemical Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Physical Sciences Science & Technology Technology
Na0.44MnO2 nanowires were acid leached in nitric acid, and dehydrated by heat treatment to induce controllable defect formation as monitored by high resolution TEM studies. The charge-discharge tests using these materials as catalysts (or "promoters'') in rechargeable lithium-oxygen batteries (in non-carbonate electrolytes) showed that a high defect concentration results in a doubling of the reversible energy storage capacity up to 11 000 mA h g(-1), and lowered overpotentials for oxygen evolution. The role of the defects/vacancies in determining oxygen reduction behavior is highlighted.

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