Porous Carbon Based Catalysts for Lithium Air Batteries

Funding: 2014: $128,950
2015: $128,090
2016: $128,050

Project Member(s): Liu, H.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC DECRA Scheme)

Start year: 2014

Summary: Greenhouse gas emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels are causing disastrous climate change and global warming. The research and development of electric vehicles to replace conventional vehicles has emerged as a solution to this imminent problem. The progress of battery technology plays a key role in the development of electric vehicles. This proposed project addresses the issues by the development of innovative porous carbon based materials for next generation batteries with high capability, high power densit and excellent retention. Furthermore, the project will also benefit Australia in the research forefront of nanotechnology, materials engineering, energy storage and applied chemistry.

Publications:

Guo, X, Li, K, Bao, W, Zhao, Y, Xu, J, Liu, H & Wang, G 2018, 'Highly Reversible Lithium Polysulfide Semiliquid Battery with Nitrogen‐Rich Carbon Fiber Electrodes', Energy Technology, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 251-256.
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Guo, X, Zhang, J, Song, J, Wu, W, Liu, H & Wang, G 2018, 'MXene encapsulated titanium oxide nanospheres for ultra-stable and fast sodium storage', Energy Storage Materials, vol. 14, pp. 306-313.
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Guo, X, Sun, B, Su, D, Liu, X, Liu, H, Wang, Y & Wang, G 2017, 'Recent developments of aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries: functional materials determine the electrochemical performance', Science Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 442-452.
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Li, C, Sun, Y, Gebert, F & Chou, S 2017, 'Current Progress on Rechargeable Magnesium–Air Battery', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 7, no. 24, pp. 1700869-1700869.
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Liu, H, Liu, X, Li, W, Guo, X, Wang, Y, Wang, G & Zhao, D 2017, 'Porous Carbon Composites for Next Generation Rechargeable Lithium Batteries', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 7, no. 24, pp. 1700283-1700283.
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Guo, X, Sun, B, Zhang, J, Liu, H & Wang, G 2016, 'Ruthenium decorated hierarchically ordered macro-mesoporous carbon for lithium oxygen batteries', JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, vol. 4, no. 25, pp. 9774-9780.
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Zhao, Y, Zhang, J, Li, K, Ao, Z, Wang, C, Liu, H, Sun, K & Wang, G 2016, 'Electrospun cobalt embedded porous nitrogen doped carbon nanofibers as an efficient catalyst for water splitting', JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, vol. 4, no. 33, pp. 12818-12824.
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Liu, H, Li, W, Shen, D, Zhao, D & Wang, G 2015, 'Graphitic Carbon Conformal Coating of Mesoporous TiO2 Hollow Spheres for High-Performance Lithium Ion Battery Anodes', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 137, no. 40, pp. 13161-13166.
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Liu, H, Zheng, Y, Wang, G & Qiao, SZ 2015, 'A Three-Component Nanocomposite with Synergistic Reactivity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solution', ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, vol. 5, no. 3.
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Zhao, Y, Sun, B, Huang, X, Liu, H, Su, D, Sun, K & Wang, G 2015, 'Porous graphene wrapped CoO nanoparticles for highly efficient oxygen evolution', JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 5402-5408.
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Zhao, Y, Xie, X, Zhang, J, Liu, H, Ahn, H-J, Sun, K & Wang, G 2015, 'MoS2 Nanosheets Supported on 3D Graphene Aerogel as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution', CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, vol. 21, no. 45, pp. 15908-+.
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Zhao, Y, Xie, X, Zhang, J, Liu, H, Ahn, H, Sun, K & Wang, G 2015, 'Frontispiece: MoS2 Nanosheets Supported on 3D Graphene Aerogel as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution', Wiley.
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Keywords: lithium air batteries,porous carbon,catalyst

FOR Codes: Functional Materials, Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen), Composite and Hybrid Materials, Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Distribution and Supply not elsewhere classified, Electrochemistry , Energy storage, distribution and supply

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.