# Designing wide-spectrum-responsive cathode catalysts with abundant active sites for high-performance photo-enabled lithium–oxygen batteries                    <i>via</i>                    band engineering

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## Doi

https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.6203

## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc06755c

## Date published

2025-12-09

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2026-2-18

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## Title

- title: Designing wide-spectrum-responsive cathode catalysts with abundant active
    sites for high-performance photo-enabled lithium–oxygen batteries                    <i>via</i>                    band
    engineering
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: Aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) have been regarded as novel
    energy storage devices due to their excellent specific energy density, yet the
    large discharge/charge overpotentials remain a formidable obstacle to be overcome.
    Photo-assisted battery has been verified as one of the most effective approaches
    to reduce the overpotentials of LOBs. Herein, ZnO nanorod arrays were in-situ
    grown on carbon textile, followed by in-situ transformation to form Zn-HHTP@ZnO
    (HHTP, Hexahydroxytriphenylene) heterojunction photocatalysts. The porous structure
    and conjugated system of highly conductive Zn-HHTP provide efficient electron
    conduction pathways, compensating for the insufficient conductivity of ZnO. The
    nanoarray structure enables multiple scattering and reflection of incident light
    within the array, enhancing photon utilization efficiency. The in-situ grown Zn-HHTP@ZnO
    heterojunction composite not only possesses abundant active catalytic sites but
    also exhibits a broad light absorption range. Consequently, the assembled LOBs
    with Zn-HHTP@ZnO cathode delivers a low charging potential of 3.20 V under illumination
    and an excellent energy efficiency of 93.4%, which is significantly higher than
    that of 78% under dark conditions. Therefore, this paper provides a deeper understanding
    of the mechanism of photoexcited charge carrier in LOBs and will facilitate further
    exploration of light-involved energy storage systems.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Yanhui Gan
  role: author
- name: Min Yue
  role: author
- name: Yujia Niu
  role: author
- name: Chengjie Wu
  role: author
- name: Songtao Zhang
  role: author
- name: Mengtao Ma
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  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9629-6464
- name: Hao Gong
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-027X
- name: Hairong Xue
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-4138
- name: Renzhi Ma
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-2006

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organization: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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## Keyword

- subject: lithium-oxygen batteries
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- subject: heterojunction photocatalysts
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- subject: band engineering
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- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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## Journal

- title: Chemical Science
  issn: '20416520'
  volume: '17'
  issue: '7'
  start_page: 3544
  end_page: 3552

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## Funding

- identifier: 2023M731589
  funder_name: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- identifier: BK20210616
  funder_name: Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- funder_name: Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- identifier: '22309084'
  funder_name: National Natural Science Foundation of China

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