High-Performance Polyoxometalate-Based Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries.

The polyoxovanadate cluster Li7[V15O36(CO3)] is shown to be an active cathode material in Li-ion batteries, delivering a capacity of 250 mA h g(-1) at 50 mA g(-1) and 140 mA h g(-1) at 10 A g(-1). Li-ion diffusion is rapid in this material and gives rise to an impressive maximum power density output of 25.7 kW kg(-1) (55 kW L(-1)).

Reduced graphene oxide anchoring CoFe2O4 nanoparticles as an effective catalyst for non-aqueous lithium-oxygen batteries.

CoFe2O4 nanoparticles were uniformly anchored on reduced graphene oxide by a facile solvothermal method. The obtained CoFe2O4/reduced graphene oxide (CoFe2O4/rGO) hybrid was employed as catalyst for Li-O2 batteries. It could effectively lower the ORR (oxygen reduction reaction) and OER (oxygen evolution reaction) overpotentials of the batteries and deliver a large capacity of 12 235 mA h grGO(-1) (2116 mA h ghybrid(-1)).