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The reversible reduction and evolution of oxygen are the key processes to be mastered before high-energy rechargeable lithium–air batteries can be successfully created. Now an advance towards this goal has been achieved with the synthesis of a pyrochlore catalyst that benefits from a mesoporous structure and oxygen deficiencies.

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Figure 1: The importance of 'nothing' (porosity and vacancy).

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Cheng, F., Chen, J. Something from nothing. Nature Chem 4, 962–963 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1516

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