Lithium–oxygen batteries: bridging mechanistic understanding and battery performance

YC Lu, BM Gallant, DG Kwabi, JR Harding… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Rechargeable energy storage systems with high energy density and round-trip efficiency are
urgently needed to capture and deliver renewable energy for applications such as electric …

Challenges and opportunities of nanostructured materials for aprotic rechargeable lithium–air batteries

J Wang, Y Li, X Sun - Nano Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Rechargeable lithium–air (O 2) batteries have received much attention due to their
extremely high theoretical energy densities, which far exceeds that of current lithium-ion …

Synthesis of Perovskite‐Based Porous La0.75Sr0.25MnO3 Nanotubes as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

JJ Xu, D Xu, ZL Wang, HG Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable lithium–oxygen (Li-O2) batteries have recently attracted great attention
because they can theoretically store 5–10 times more energy than current lithium-ion …

Making Li‐air batteries rechargeable: Material challenges

Y Shao, F Ding, J Xiao, J Zhang, W Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A Li‐air battery could potentially provide three to five times higher energy density/specific
energy than conventional batteries and, thus, enable the driving range of an electric vehicle …

Preparation and electrochemical properties of urchin-like La0. 8Sr0. 2MnO3 perovskite oxide as a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution …

C Jin, X Cao, L Zhang, C Zhang, R Yang - Journal of Power Sources, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract An urchin-like La 0.8 Sr 0.2 MnO 3 (LSM) perovskite oxide has been synthesized
through a co-precipitation method with urea as a precipitator, and characterized by …

Electrochemistry of Hollandite α-MnO2: Li-Ion and Na-Ion Insertion and Li2O Incorporation

DA Tompsett, MS Islam - Chemistry of Materials, 2013 - ACS Publications
MnO2 is attracting considerable interest in the context of rechargeable batteries,
supercapacitors, and Li–O2 battery applications. This work investigates the electrochemical …

In situ fabrication of porous-carbon-supported α-MnO 2 nanorods at room temperature: application for rechargeable Li–O 2 batteries

Y Qin, J Lu, P Du, Z Chen, Y Ren, T Wu… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium–O2 cells can be considered the “holy grail” of lithium batteries because they offer
much superior theoretical energy density to conventional lithium-ion systems. In this study …

The impact of nano-scaled materials on advanced metal–air battery systems

A Kraytsberg, Y Ein-Eli - Nano Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Non-aqueous metal–air battery technology promises to provide electrochemical energy
storage with the highest specific energy density. Such technology seems particularly …

Mechanisms of capacity degradation in reduced graphene oxide/α-MnO 2 nanorod composite cathodes of Li–air batteries

Y Yu, B Zhang, YB He, ZD Huang, SW Oh… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical performance of rechargeable Li–air batteries containing a reduced
graphene oxide (rGO)/α-MnO2 composite and neat α-MnO2 electrode is studied. The rGO/α …

Carbon-based electrodes for lithium air batteries: scientific and technological challenges from a modeling perspective

AA Franco, KH Xue - ECS Journal of Solid State Science and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The carbon-based positive electrode of Lithium Air Batteries (LABs) is the component where
the major competitive mechanisms occur, such as the electrochemical reactions leading to …