Why do lithium–oxygen batteries fail: parasitic chemical reactions and their synergistic effect

X Yao, Q Dong, Q Cheng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As an electrochemical energy‐storage technology with the highest theoretical capacity,
lithium–oxygen batteries face critical challenges in terms of poor stabilities and low …

Review of electrochemical oxidation desulfurization for fuels and minerals

T Zhang, J Zhang, Z Wang, J Liu, G Qian, D Wang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Electro-oxidation desulfurization uses reactive oxygen species (ROSs) from water
electrolysis to strengthen the transition of sulfur-containing phase, enhancing the separation …

Chemical instability of dimethyl sulfoxide in lithium–air batteries

DG Kwabi, TP Batcho, CV Amanchukwu… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Although dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has emerged as a promising solvent for Li–air
batteries, enabling reversible oxygen reduction and evolution (2Li+ O2⇔ Li2O2), DMSO is …

Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Solvent‐Dependent O2/Li+‐O2 Redox Couple: Standard Potentials, Coupling Strength, and Implications for …

DG Kwabi, VS Bryantsev, TP Batcho… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and controlling the kinetics of O2 reduction in the presence of Li+‐containing
aprotic solvents, to either Li+‐O2− by one‐electron reduction or Li2O2 by two‐electron …

Infrared spectroscopy studies on stability of dimethyl sulfoxide for application in a Li–air battery

N Mozhzhukhina, LP Méndez De Leo… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In situ infrared subtractive normalized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SNIFTIRS)
experiments performed simultaneously with the electroreduction of oxygen on gold and …

Controlling solution-mediated reaction mechanisms of oxygen reduction using potential and solvent for aprotic lithium–oxygen batteries

DG Kwabi, M Tułodziecki, N Pour, DM Itkis… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fundamental understanding of growth mechanisms of Li2O2 in Li–O2 cells is critical for
implementing batteries with high gravimetric energies. Li2O2 growth can occur first by 1e …

Effect of electrolyte concentration on the solvation structure of gold/LiTFSI–DMSO solution interface

L Wang, K Uosaki, H Noguchi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of high-concentration electrolytes in lithium metal batteries enables the effective
suppression of lithium dendrite growth at the lithium anode. The issue of the solvation …

The mechanisms of oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in nonaqueous lithium–oxygen batteries

R Cao, ED Walter, W Xu, EN Nasybulin… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of both the oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in nonaqueous lithium–oxygen (Li–O2) …

Role of Superoxide and Singlet Oxygen on the Oxygen Reduction Pathways in Li−O2 Cathodes at Different Li+ Ion Concentration**

AY Tesio, W Torres, M Villalba, F Davia… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on Au electrodes has been studied in DMSO at
different Li+ concentrations. In‐operando fluorescence decay of 9, 10‐dimethyl anthracene …

Oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in DMSO based electrolytes: The role of the electrocatalyst

CJ Bondue, P Reinsberg, AA Abd-El-Latif… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present paper the role of the electrode material in oxygen reduction in DMSO based
electrolytes is elucidated using DEMS. We have found, employing platinum, gold, ruthenium …