Boosting eco-friendly battery performance using catalysts with unconventional phase nanostructures

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-boosting-eco-friendly-battery-catalysts-unconventional.html

"combination experiments and theoretical calculations... 4H/fcc Ir nanostructures created through phase engineering favorable for reversible formation amorphous/low-crystalline discharge products lowering overpotential and promoting cycling stability electrochemical redox reactions... phase 4H/fcc Ir nanostructures performed better than common fcc Ir, and achieved outstanding charge potential and energy efficiency compared to other metal-based catalysts used in aprotic Li-CO2 batteries"