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Article

Highly Dispersed Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanocrystals Anchored on Metal Oxides as Efficient Hybrid Catalysts for Li–O2 Batteries

by
Yumei Li
1,
Da Han
1,
Na Li
2,*,
Zhengbing Fu
3,
De Fang
1,* and
Junlin Xie
4,*
1
Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
2
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
3
School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan 432000, China
4
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Catalysts 2026, 16(7), 577; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070577 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 12 May 2026 / Revised: 13 June 2026 / Accepted: 18 June 2026 / Published: 23 June 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Catalysis and New Energy Materials)
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Abstract

The practical application of Li–O2 batteries is severely hindered by parasitic reactions on the cathode side, which generally lead to large charging over-potentials and degraded cyclic performance. To address this issue, it is essential to integrate high-efficiency catalysts into conventional carbon-based electrodes. Herein, we report a novel La0.85Ca0.15Cr0.85O3@Ru (LCC@R) hybrid catalyst with an ultralow Ru loading (6.55 wt.%), synthesized via a facile sol-gel combined with in-situ reduction-exsolution method. Mono-dispersed and ultrafine Ru nanocrystals (2–5 nm) are uniformly anchored on the LCC substrate and serve as the catalytically active sites. The Li–O2 battery with the LCC@R catalyst exhibits a low charge potential of 3.75 V at a current density of 50 mAg−1 with limited capacity of 500 mAhg−1. Impressive cyclic stabilities of up to 80 cycles (at 1000 mAhg−1) and 15 cycles (at 2000 mAhg−1) are achieved. Moreover, a large specific capacity of 8630 mAhg−1 is delivered at 50 mAg−1. Mechanistic studies reveal that the intermediate discharge product LiO2 can be absorbed on LCC@R, thereby inhibiting the parasitic reactions induced by LiO2 attack on carbon. The as-prepared LCC@R hybrid material is a promising cathode catalyst for constructing long-cycle-life and low-over-potential Li–O2 batteries.
Keywords: Li–O2 batteries; La0.85Ca0.15Cr0.85O3@Ru; catalyst; cyclic stability Li–O2 batteries; La0.85Ca0.15Cr0.85O3@Ru; catalyst; cyclic stability

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Li, Y.; Han, D.; Li, N.; Fu, Z.; Fang, D.; Xie, J. Highly Dispersed Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanocrystals Anchored on Metal Oxides as Efficient Hybrid Catalysts for Li–O2 Batteries. Catalysts 2026, 16, 577. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070577

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Li Y, Han D, Li N, Fu Z, Fang D, Xie J. Highly Dispersed Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanocrystals Anchored on Metal Oxides as Efficient Hybrid Catalysts for Li–O2 Batteries. Catalysts. 2026; 16(7):577. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070577

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Li, Yumei, Da Han, Na Li, Zhengbing Fu, De Fang, and Junlin Xie. 2026. "Highly Dispersed Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanocrystals Anchored on Metal Oxides as Efficient Hybrid Catalysts for Li–O2 Batteries" Catalysts 16, no. 7: 577. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070577

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Li, Y., Han, D., Li, N., Fu, Z., Fang, D., & Xie, J. (2026). Highly Dispersed Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanocrystals Anchored on Metal Oxides as Efficient Hybrid Catalysts for Li–O2 Batteries. Catalysts, 16(7), 577. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070577

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