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Contents Vol 69(6)

Self-Assembled Mace-Like Fe3O4 Nanostructures as a Lithium–Air Battery Cathode Material

Hui Lv A , Rongli Jiang A B , Xiaoyu Zhang A and Jing Wang A
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A College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.

B Corresponding author. Email: ronglijcumt@163.com

Australian Journal of Chemistry 69(6) 683-688 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH15417
Submitted: 10 July 2015  Accepted: 8 November 2015   Published: 28 January 2016

Abstract

Mace-like Fe3O4 nanostructures with a length of 200–300 nm and a diameter of 10–30 nm were successfully synthesized via a microemulsion-mediated solvothermal method and used as an electrode catalyst for lithium–air batteries. The results showed that the mace-like Fe3O4 nanostructures were obtained by adjusting the NaOH concentration and reaction temperature, and by adding polyethylene glycol-1000. The growth and assembly mechanism of the mace-like Fe3O4 nanostructures was also discussed. Polyethylene glycol-1000 not only acted as a soft template to form Fe3O4 nanorods, but also assisted in the assembly of the Triton X-100-decorated Fe3O4 nanoparticles onto the nanorods. The results of charge–discharge tests showed that the lithium–air battery based on mace-like Fe3O4 nanostructures exhibited a high discharge capacity of 1427 mA h g−1 in ambient air. The unique one-dimensional mace-like Fe3O4 nanostructures could effectively enhance the catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reduction process, which is effective for decreasing the charging potential plateau.


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