不同形貌co3o4的li-o2电池正极催化性能及超级电容性能研究-study on catalytic performance and supercapacitor performance of li - o2 battery anode with different morphologies of co3o4.docxVIP

ABSTRACT The development of electric vehicles has raised urgent demand for mobile electrochemical power sources with higher performance. Thus many researchers have focused on energy storage devices with high specific energy and large power density. Recently, lithium-air batteries have attracted intensive attention due to their extremely high theoretical energy density. However, lithium-air batteries are still far away from real application. Their poor cyclability and large overpotential during charge and discharge are the main hurdles. Various cathode catalysts, such as transition metal (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) oxides, have been tried to alleviate these problems. Meanwhile, the supercapacitors have also received eye-catching attention because of their high specific energy and high power density. Pseudocapacitive metal oxides (such as RuO2, MnO2, NiO, Co3O4, etc.) can produce higher specific capacitance than typical carbonaceous materials with electric double layer capacitance (EDLC). The rate capability and long term stability of pseudocapacitors have to be improved for the practical application. The difference in morphology and structure of electrode materials is likely to bring different electrochemical performances. Based on this point, we explored the morphological effect of Co3O4 on the performance of lithium-air batteries and supercapacitors. In this paper, the Co3O4 is selected as the electrode material because of its excellent properties in the above mentioned fields. Free-standing Co3O4 with two morphologies on Ni foam were prepared via a two-step strategy: hydrothermal process followed by a post-calcination process in air. Without the addition of surfactant SDS, the rod-shaped Co3O4 with the diameter ranging from 50nm to 200nm and 1um-3um in length was obtained. By using different concentrations of SDS, rose petals-shaped Co3O4 arrays with different crystallinity were obtained. The rose petals-shaped Co3O4 arrays are composed of well aligned uniform long-range (m