Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(若手研究(B))
Date (from‐to) : 2008 -2009
Author : Masayoshi YUASA
Metal-air batteries have higher theoretical energy densities compared with other chemical batteries because they utilize oxygen in the air as one of their electroactive materials. Therefore, metal-air batteries have been paid attention as a next generation energy device. However, air electrodes in metal air batteries are problematic because the carbon black can be oxidized to water soluble organic compounds, under anodic polarization. Therefore, we have looked at the use of LaNiO_3 as a possible electrode material to replace carbon black because LaNiO_3 has both high conductivity and high oxygen evolution activity. As the result, we found that LaNiO_3 has a much higher stability against anodic polarization when compared to carbon black, and that fabrication of LaMnO_3/LaNiO_3 composite made air electrodes to work as bi-functional electrodes.