Peanut shaped MnCo^sub 2^O^sub 4^ winded by multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an efficient cathode catalyst for Li-O^sub 2^ batteries

Rechargeable Li-O2 batteries have great potential on achieving large-capacity electrochemical energy storage. However, the poor cyclic stability seriously limits its commercial application. In this paper, peanut shaped MnCo2O4 which winding by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MCO/MWCNTs) were synthesized through a facile solvothermal method. As-prepared MCO/MWCNTs have a unique hierarchical mesoporous of three-level pore sizes and show good ORR and OER electrocatalytic activity. When MCO/MWCNTs served as cathode catalysts in Li-O2 batteries, the batteries exhibited long cycle life of 120 times at 100 mA g−1 with a limited capacity of 500 mAh g−1 and high discharge capacity up to 8849 mAh g−1 with a restrict voltage of 2 V at 100 mA g−1.