Lead‐Carbon Batteries: Synthesis of Nanostructured PbO@C Composite Derived from Spent Lead‐Acid Battery for Next‐Generation Lead‐Carbon Battery (Adv. Funct. Mater. 9/2018)

In article number 1705294, Jiakuan Yang and co-workers develop an environmentally friendly strategy to prepare a lead oxide and carbon (PbO@C) composite by pyrolyzing lead citrate precursors recycled from discarded lead-acid batteries. The 3D electroosmotic pump effect and intimate bonding of this PbO@C composite improve the performance and lifetime of lead-carbon batteries tremendously for applications including hybrid electric vehicles.