A Mo2C/Carbon Nanotube Composite Cathode for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries with High Energy Efficiency and Long Cycle Life

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4129-4137

  Kwak, Won Jin ^a   Lau, Kah Chun ^b   Shin, Chang Dae ^a   Amine, Khalil ^b   Curtiss, Larry A ^b   Sun, Yang Kook ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; lithium oxygen batteries; molybdenum carbide nanoparticles; nanostructures; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; NANOPARTICLE CATALYSTS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928955059     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00267     Document Type: Article

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