Ordered Adsorption of Oxygen via High-Density Low-Coordinated Ru Sites for Lithium–Oxygen Battery

Abstract

Lithium–oxygen batteries (LOBs), despite high-energy densities, generally suffer from poor cycling performances, which put severe constraints on their commercialization. Herein, we demonstrate a cathode catalyst featuring a hollow structure with high-density, low-coordinated Ru active sites. The high-density low-coordinated Ru active sites could efficiently activate oxygen via bridge-adsorption configuration, and the hollow architecture could optimize the access of oxygen to the active sites and accommodate more Li₂O₂. These structural features could direct the Li₂O₂ to grow along the (010) faces into a unique highly dispersed fluff-like morphology, which could be readily decomposed in charge process, thereby conferring a long battery stability under high-rate current, the LOB capable of running stably for >700 cycles under the high-rate current density of 1 A·g^–1.