Recently, Yong Zhao's group in key laboratory of special functional materials published a review titled by “Functional and stability orientation synthesis of materials and structures in aprotic Li-O₂ batteries” in top chemical journal of Chemical Society Reviews.

Lithium-oxygen (Li-O₂) batteries are one of most promising energy storage and conversion devices due to its ultrahigh theoretical energy density and hence has broad application potential in electrical vehicles and stationary power systems. Understanding the interrelation between the material components/structures and battery performance plays a key role in promoting the development and application of Li-O₂ batteries. Based on the in-depth analysis of the charge/discharge mechanism, Prof. Zhao et al systematically comb and summarize the structural characteristics of each component of the battery as well as the effect of their synergistic effect on the overall battery performance. As a result, they proposed a research solution for Li-O₂battery: Functional and stability orientation synthesis of materials and structures to improve the battery performance (see figure below).

Chemical Society Reviews is the top review journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry and one of the most authoritative academic journals in chemistry. Its latest influence factor is 38.618. Dr. Peng Zhang (key laboratory of special functional materials) is the first author for this paper, and Prof. Yong Zhao and Prof. Xinbo Zhang (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) are the corresponding authors. It is the first time for Henan university to publish a paper in this journal as the first unit. This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and another Talents Plan of China.

   Article links: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/CS/C8CS00009C

Figure Functional and stability orientation for materials design and structures optimization.