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Protocol of Electrochemical Test and Characterization of Aprotic Li-O2 Battery
Published on: July 12, 2016
Lithium cell-assisted low-overpotential Li-O2 batteries by in situ discharge activation
Jiehua Liu1, Wei Chen, Aiming Xing
1Future Energy Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230009, China. liujh@hfut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We report a novel and facile route to improve the catalytic performance of carbon paper-based electrocatalysts, which can be activated by in situ discharging with the assistance of a Li cell. Our results show that the OER potentials were successfully reduced to ∼3.5 V, much lower than the value of 4.5 V for graphite paper, which is the best result recorded amongst the reported carbon-based electrocatalysts.
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