Issue 5, 2017

Carambola-shaped VO2 nanostructures: a binder-free air electrode for an aqueous Na–air battery

Abstract

Binder-free and bifunctional electrocatalysts have vital roles in the development of high-performance metal–air batteries. Herein, we synthesized a vanadium oxide (VO2) nanostructure as a novel binder-free and bifunctional electrocatalyst for a rechargeable aqueous sodium–air (Na–air) battery. VO2 nanostructures were grown on reduced graphene oxide coated on carbon paper, which had a carambola morphology. We confirmed the bifunctional nature of VO2 nanostructures by analyzing their electrocatalytic activity associated with the oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. The reaction pathway associated with electrocatalytic activity was also affirmed by computational modeling and simulation studies. Thereafter, an aqueous Na–air cell was built using novel binder-free VO2 nanostructures as the air electrode. The fabricated cell displayed a 0.64 V overpotential gap, 104 mW g−1 power density at 80 mA g−1 current density, 81% round trip efficiency and good cyclic stability up to 50 cycles.

Graphical abstract: Carambola-shaped VO2 nanostructures: a binder-free air electrode for an aqueous Na–air battery

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 अक्तूबर 2016
Accepted
18 दिसम्बर 2016
First published
19 दिसम्बर 2016

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 2037-2044

Carambola-shaped VO2 nanostructures: a binder-free air electrode for an aqueous Na–air battery

Z. Khan, B. Senthilkumar, S. O. Park, S. Park, J. Yang, J. H. Lee, H. Song, Y. Kim, S. K. Kwak and H. Ko, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 2037 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA09375B

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements