Hierarchical micron-sized mesoporous/macroporous graphene with well-tuned surface oxygen chemistry for high capacity and cycling stability li-o2 battery

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3389-3397

  Zhou, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Hongzhang ^a   Nie, Hongjiao ^a,b   Ma, Yiwen ^a   Zhang, Yining ^a   Zhang, Huamin ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; hierarchical structure; Li O2 battery; oxygen electrode; oxygen functional group

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PORE STRUCTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CAPACITY PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICAL MESO/MACROPOROUS STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORTING CARBON MATERIALS;

LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES;

EID: 84922805988     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508513m     Document Type: Article

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