Bamboo–Like Nitrogen–Doped Carbon Nanotube Forests as Durable Metal–Free Catalysts for Self–Powered Flexible Li–CO2 Batteries

Li, Xuelian; Zhou, Jingwen; Zhang, Junxiang; Li, Matthew; Bi, Xuanxuan; Liu, Tongchao; He, Tao; Cheng, Jianli; Zhang, Fan; Li, Yongpeng; Mu, Xiaowei; Lu, Jun; Wang, Bin

doi:10.1002/adma.201903852

Title: Bamboo–Like Nitrogen–Doped Carbon Nanotube Forests as Durable Metal–Free Catalysts for Self–Powered Flexible Li–CO₂ Batteries

Journal Article · Fri Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903852· OSTI ID:1574295

Li, Xuelian ^[1]; Zhou, Jingwen ^[1]; Zhang, Junxiang ^[1]; Li, Matthew ^[2]; Bi, Xuanxuan ^[3]; Liu, Tongchao ^[4]; He, Tao ^[1]; Cheng, Jianli ^[1]; Zhang, Fan ^[5]; Li, Yongpeng ^[1]; Mu, Xiaowei ^[5];

^[3]; Wang, Bin ^[1]

China Academy of Engineering Physics, Sichuan (People's Republic of China). Inst. of Chemical Materials
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Div.; Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON (Canada). Dept. of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Inst. of Nanotechnology
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Div.
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Div.; Peking Univ. Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 (China). School of Advanced Materials
Nanjing Univ., Nanjing (People's Republic of China). Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures

Abstract The Li–CO ₂ battery is a promising energy storage device for wearable electronics due to its long discharge plateau, high energy density, and environmental friendliness. However, its utilization is largely hindered by poor cyclability and mechanical rigidity due to the lack of a flexible and durable catalyst electrode. Herein, flexible fiber‐shaped Li–CO ₂ batteries with ultralong cycle‐life, high rate capability, and large specific capacity are fabricated, employing bamboo‐like N‐doped carbon nanotube fiber (B‐NCNT) as flexible, durable metal‐free catalysts for both CO ₂ reduction and evolution reactions. Benefiting from high N‐doping with abundant pyridinic groups, rich defects, and active sites of the periodic bamboo‐like nodes, the fabricated Li–CO ₂ battery shows outstanding electrochemical performance with high full‐discharge capacity of 23 328 mAh g ⁻¹ , high rate capability with a low potential gap up to 1.96 V at a current density of 1000 mA g ⁻¹ , stability over 360 cycles, and good flexibility. Meanwhile, the bifunctional B‐NCNT is used as the counter electrode for a fiber‐shaped dye‐sensitized solar cell to fabricate a self‐powered fiber‐shaped Li–CO ₂ battery with overall photochemical–electric energy conversion efficiency of up to 4.6%. Along with a stable voltage output, this design demonstrates great adaptability and application potentiality in wearable electronics with a breath monitor as an example.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1574295

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1548797

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 39; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

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