Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

JW Choi, D Aurbach - Nature reviews materials, 2016 - nature.com
Energy density is the main property of rechargeable batteries that has driven the entire
technology forward in past decades. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) now surpass other …

Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen-and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions

Y Jiao, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec, SZ Qiao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A fundamental change has been achieved in understanding surface electrochemistry due to
the profound knowledge of the nature of electrocatalytic processes accumulated over the …

Lewis‐Acidic PtIr Multipods Enable High‐Performance Li–O2 Batteries

Y Zhou, K Yin, Q Gu, L Tao, Y Li, H Tan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sluggish oxygen reaction kinetics concomitant with the high overpotentials and parasitic
reactions from cathodes and solvents is the major challenge in aprotic lithium‐oxygen (Li …

Understanding the reaction chemistry during charging in aprotic lithium–oxygen batteries: existing problems and solutions

C Shu, J Wang, J Long, HK Liu, SX Dou - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aprotic lithium–oxygen (Li–O2) battery has excited huge interest due to it having the
highest theoretical energy density among the different types of rechargeable battery. The …

Functional and stability orientation synthesis of materials and structures in aprotic Li–O 2 batteries

P Zhang, Y Zhao, X Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The lithium–O2 battery is one of most promising energy storage and conversion devices due
to its ultrahigh theoretical energy density and hence has broad application potential in …

Reaction chemistry in rechargeable Li–O 2 batteries

HD Lim, B Lee, Y Bae, H Park, Y Ko, H Kim… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The seemingly simple reaction of Li–O2 batteries involving lithium and oxygen makes this
chemistry attractive for high-energy-density storage systems; however, achieving this …

A review of cathode materials and structures for rechargeable lithium–air batteries

Z Ma, X Yuan, L Li, ZF Ma, DP Wilkinson… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Rechargeable lithium air (Li–air) batteries, especially the non-aqueous type, are considered
the most promising energy storage and conversion device candidates for use in future …

Advances in sodium secondary batteries utilizing ionic liquid electrolytes

K Matsumoto, J Hwang, S Kaushik, CY Chen… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of Na secondary batteries that exhibit both sustainability and high energy
density as potential successors to lithium-ion batteries for certain large-scale applications …

Unraveling Reaction Mechanisms of Mo2C as Cathode Catalyst in a Li-CO2 Battery

C Yang, K Guo, D Yuan, J Cheng… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
First-principles density functional theory calculations are first used to study possible reaction
mechanisms of molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) as cathode catalysts in Li-CO2 batteries. By …

Sustainable redox mediation for lithium–oxygen batteries by a composite protective layer on the lithium‐metal anode

DJ Lee, H Lee, YJ Kim, JK Park, HT Kim - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201503169 products, resulting in a reduction in the charge
overpotential for up to 100 cycles. In their report, Li metal was replaced with a partially …