A lithium-air fuel cell using copper to catalyze oxygen-reduction based on copper-corrosion mechanism.
The copper-catalyzed O(2) reduction in aqueous electrolyte and the Li-anode in organic electrolyte were united together by a ceramic Li-ions exchange film to form a lithium-air fuel cell. The achieved results demonstrate the cycle between Cu and Cu(2)O can be used to catalyze O(2) electrochemical reduction based on the copper-corrosion mechanism.
Wang
Yonggang
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Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan.
Zhou
Haoshen
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D000388:Air; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D004573:Electrolytes; D014867:Water; D003300:Copper; D008094:Lithium; D010100:Oxygen