A lithium-air fuel cell using copper to catalyze oxygen-reduction based on copper-corrosion mechanism

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 14;46(34):6305-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00074d. Epub 2010 Jul 29.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Air
  • Catalysis
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Electric Power Supplies*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrolytes / chemistry
  • Lithium / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Electrolytes
  • Water
  • Copper
  • Lithium
  • Oxygen