A new promising catalytic activity on blue phosphorene nitrogen-doped nanosheets for the ORR as cathode in nonaqueous Li–air batteries

The performance of pristine and nitrogen-doped blue phosphorus (blue P) as a catalytic material has been investigated as a promising cathode in Li-air batteries. Beside the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mechanism with ionic lithium on the blue P surface, it is also important to consider the nucleated mechanisms that underlie the ionic lithium and oxygen at the profile site in pristine and nitrogen-doped blue P, as revealed by density...