A critical review of Li/air batteries

J Christensen, P Albertus… - Journal of the …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithium/air batteries, based on their high theoretical specific energy, are an extremely
attractive technology for electrical energy storage that could make long-range electric …

Nanostructured electrodes for lithium-ion and lithium-air batteries: the latest developments, challenges, and perspectives

MK Song, S Park, FM Alamgir, J Cho, M Liu - Materials Science and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The urgency for clean and secure energy has stimulated a global resurgence in searching
for advanced electrical energy storage systems. For now and the foreseeable future …

[PDF][PDF] Oxygen reactions in a non‐aqueous Li+ electrolyte

Z Peng, SA Freunberger, LJ Hardwick… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - academia.edu
Oxygen (O2) reduction is one of the most studied reactions in chemistry.[1] Widely
investigated in aqueous media, O2 reduction in non-aqueous solvents, such as CH3CN, has …

Lithium–oxygen batteries—Limiting factors that affect performance

R Padbury, X Zhang - Journal of Power Sources, 2011 - Elsevier
Lithium–oxygen batteries have recently received attention due to their extremely high
theoretical energy densities, which far exceed that of any other existing energy storage …

A free-standing-type design for cathodes of rechargeable Li–O 2 batteries

Y Cui, Z Wen, Y Liu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel free-standing type cathode of rechargeable Li–O2 battery composed of only Co3O4
catalyst and Ni foam current collector was designed and realized by a simple chemical …

CoMn2O4 spinel nanoparticles grown on graphene as bifunctional catalyst for lithium-air batteries

L Wang, X Zhao, Y Lu, M Xu, D Zhang… - Journal of The …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Positive electrodes for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen-evolution
reaction (OER) play a critical role in fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Tetragonal CoMn 2 O …

First-principles study of the oxygen evolution reaction of lithium peroxide in the lithium-air battery

Y Mo, SP Ong, G Ceder - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2011 - APS
The lithium-air chemistry is an interesting candidate for the next-generation batteries with
high specific energy. However, this new battery technology is facing substantial challenges …

Mesoporous α-MnO2/Pd catalyst air electrode for rechargeable lithium–air battery

AK Thapa, T Ishihara - Journal of Power Sources, 2011 - Elsevier
Rechargeable lithium–air battery is studied using Pd/mesoporous α-MnO2 air composite
electrode. In the present work, we have studied the preparation and electrochemical …

Molybdenum nitride based hybrid cathode for rechargeable lithium–O 2 batteries

S Dong, X Chen, K Zhang, L Gu, L Zhang… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Molybdenum nitride/nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets (MoN/NGS) are synthesized and
used as an alternative O2electrode for Li–O2 batteries. In comparison with electrocatalysts …

Spectroscopic characterization of solid discharge products in Li–air cells with aprotic carbonate electrolytes

GM Veith, NJ Dudney, J Howe… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Raman, infrared, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies were used to characterize the
thick coating of reaction products on carbon and MnO2-coated carbon cathodes produced …