Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as cathode for lithium-air batteries

Yongliang Li; Jiajun Wang; Xifei Li; Jian Liu; Dongsheng Geng; Jinli Yang; Ruying Li; Xueliang Sun

doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2011.04.004

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as cathode for lithium-air batteries

Yongliang Li
, Jiajun Wang
, Xifei Li
, Jian Liu
, Dongsheng Geng
, Jinli Yang
, Ruying Li
, Xueliang Sun^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Western University

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Abstract

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) were synthesized by a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (FCCVD) method. Various techniques including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy revealed the morphology and structure of CNTs and N-CNTs as well confirmed the existence of incorporated nitrogen (10.2 at.%) in N-CNTs. N-CNTs were investigated as cathode material for lithium-air batteries and exhibited a specific discharge capacity of 866 mAh g^{- 1}, which was about 1.5 times as that of CNTs. Our results indicated that the N-CNTs electrode showed high electrocatalytic activities for the cathode reaction thus improving the lithium-air battery performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	668-672
Number of pages	5
Journal	Electrochemistry Communications
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2011.04.004
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electrocatalytic activity
Lithium-air batteries
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes

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