A tubular polypyrrole based air electrode with improved O2 diffusivity for Li–O2 batteries

Yanming Cui; Zhaoyin Wen; Xiao Liang; Yan Lu; Jun Jin; Meifen Wu; Xiangwei Wu

doi:10.1039/C2EE21638H

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A tubular polypyrrole based air electrode with improved O₂ diffusivity for Li–O₂ batteries†

Yanming Cui,^a Zhaoyin Wen,*^a Xiao Liang,^a Yan Lu,^a Jun Jin,^a Meifen Wu^a and Xiangwei Wu^a

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Abstract

A highly reversible air electrode was designed based on the hydrophilic nano-PPy tubes with abundant gas diffusion channels and reaction space which greatly improved the cell capacity, cycling stability and especially the rate performance of the lithium–oxygen batteries.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EE21638H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Dec 2011
Accepted: 30 Apr 2012
First published: 30 Apr 2012

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Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 7893-7897

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A tubular polypyrrole based air electrode with improved O₂ diffusivity for Li–O₂ batteries

Y. Cui, Z. Wen, X. Liang, Y. Lu, J. Jin, M. Wu and X. Wu, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 7893 DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21638H

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