To draw an air electrode of a Li–air battery by pencil

A novel thin-film electrode was prepared by pencil-drawing on a ceramic state electrolyte, and was applied in a Li–air battery as a natural catalytic electrode of oxygen. This provides a snapshot of future Li–air batteries.

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