Insights into Structural Evolution of Lithium Peroxides with Reduced Charge Overpotential in Li–O2 System

Tan, Guoqiang; Chong, Lina; Zhan, Chun; Wen, Jianguo; Ma, Lu; Yuan, Yifei; Zeng, Xiaoqiao; Guo, Fangmin; Pearson, John E.; Li, Tao; Wu, Tianpin; Liu, Di -Jia; Shahbazian-Yassar, Reza; Lu, Jun; Liu, Cong; Amine, Khalil

doi:10.1002/aenm.201900662

Title: Insights into Structural Evolution of Lithium Peroxides with Reduced Charge Overpotential in Li–O₂ System

Journal Article · Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 UTC 2019 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900662 · OSTI ID:1559006

Tan, Guoqiang ^[1]; Chong, Lina ^[1]; Zhan, Chun ^[1]; Wen, Jianguo ^[1]; Ma, Lu ^[1]; Yuan, Yifei ^[2]; Zeng, Xiaoqiao ^[1]; Guo, Fangmin ^[1]; Pearson, John E. ^[1]; Li, Tao ^[3]; Wu, Tianpin ^[1]; Liu, Di -Jia ^[1]; Shahbazian-Yassar, Reza ^[4];

^[1]; Liu, Cong ^[1]; Amine, Khalil ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

Reducing charge-discharge overpotential is of great significance to enhance efficiency and cyclability of Li–O₂ batteries. Here we successfully achieve dramatically reduced charge overpotential (0.4 V) via a rational design of cathode architecture, which features highly uniform Pt and Pt₃Co nanocrystals embedding within nitrogen-doped cobalt@graphene heterostructures. Because of the improvement on the catalytic efficiency for optimizing the electrical and dynamic properties, the cathode design enables promising electrochemical performance. More importantly, the results reveal different overpotential prompted by different structural evolution of bulk Li₂O₂, which depends on the Pt modification approach (surface-coating and bulk-doping). This dependence is found to be attributed to the influence of Pt nanocomponents and their dispersion on the formation and decomposition mechanism of Li₂O₂. Density functional theory calculations provide mechanistic insights into the promotional effect of Pt and Pt₃Co on the reduction of the charge overpotential. Lastly, an inner relationship between overpotential and electrochemical kinetics is proposed.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1559006

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 27 Vol. 9; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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