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Inside Cover: Preparation of a New Carbon Nanofiber as a High‐Capacity Air Electrode for Nonaqueous Lithium–Oxygen Batteries (ChemCatChem 24/2016)
Author(s) -
Xu Chunyang,
Dai Jicui,
Teng Xiangguo,
Zhu Yongming
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201601536
Subject(s) - aerogel , cathode , electrochemistry , materials science , pyrolysis , carbon fibers , lithium (medication) , nanofiber , carbon nanofiber , oxygen , chemical engineering , electrode , battery (electricity) , heteroatom , microstructure , polyaniline , catalysis , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , carbon nanotube , polymer , composite number , endocrinology , engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , medicine , ring (chemistry) , physics , polymerization
The Cover shows a new carbon nanofiber codoped with nitrogen and phosphorus (NPCNF) that was fabricated by pyrolysis of phytic acid doped polyaniline aerogel. The NPCNF shows an extremely high discharge capacity and good catalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction as oxygen electrodes in nonaqueous Li‐O 2 batteries.In their Full Paper, C. Xu et al. explain that the observed excellent electrochemical performance could be a result of the unique foamlike N‐ and P‐codoped carbon microstructure. These results show that the use of NPCNF as a cathode material could be a feasible approach to obtain a high‐capacity Li‐O 2 battery. More information can be found in the Full Paper by C. Xu et al. on page 3725 in Issue 24, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201601005).