To DISP or Not? The Far‐Reaching Reaction Mechanisms Underpinning Lithium‐Air Batteries

RB Jethwa, S Mondal, B Pant… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The short history of research on Li− O2 batteries has seen a remarkable number of
mechanistic U‐turns over the years. From the initial use of carbonate electrolytes, that were …

New insights on singlet oxygen release from Li-air battery cathode: Periodic DFT versus CASPT2 embedded cluster calculations

F Fasulo, A Massaro, AB Muñoz-García… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Li-air batteries are a promising energy storage technology for large-scale applications, but
the release of highly reactive singlet oxygen (1O2) during battery operation represents a …

New Reaction Pathway of Superoxide Disproportionation Induced by a Soluble Catalyst in Li‐O2 Batteries

Z Jiang, B Wen, Y Huang, Y Guo, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aprotic Li‐O2 battery has attracted considerable interest for high theoretical energy density,
however the disproportionation of the intermediate of superoxide (O2−) during discharge …

Mechanistic Study of Solvent-Mediated Oxygen Reduction Reaction/Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Li-Air Battery Applications

N Bharadwaj, S Das, AS Nair… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Li-air batteries (LABs) have drawn growing interest to replace Li-ion batteries due to their
extremely high theoretical energy density. However, the development of LABs is restricted …

Determinants of the Surface Film during the Discharging Process in Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

W Wang, C Tan, L He, F Yu, X Gao… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lithium–oxygen batteries have one of the highest theoretical capacities and specific
energies, but several challenges remain. One of them is premature death caused by a …

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 …

Singlet oxygen formation in non-aqueous oxygen redox chemistry: direct spectroscopic evidence for formation pathways and reliability of chemical probes

S Mondal, RB Jethwa, B Pant, R Hauschild… - Faraday …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Singlet oxygen (1O2) formation is now recognised as a key aspect of non-aqueous oxygen
redox chemistry. For identifying 1O2, chemical trapping via 9, 10-dimethylanthracene (DMA) …

Modulating the Configuration of Air Cathodes toward the Extended Triple-Phase Boundaries of Li-O2 Batteries

S Cho, H Jung, M Park, L Lyu, YM Kang - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Li-O2 batteries (LOBs), with their high theoretical energy density, are seen as the prime
candidates for post-lithium-ion battery development to address the increasing energy …

Reductive Inner-Sphere Electrosynthesis of Ammonia via a Nonelectrocatalytic Outer-Sphere Redox

A Haridas, R Mondal, B Nayak, M Ottakam Thotiyl - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemistry of outer-sphere redox molecules involves an essentially intact primary
coordination sphere with minimal secondary sphere adjustments, resulting in very fast …

Unraveling the contribution of water to the discharge capacity of Li-O2 batteries from a modelling perspective

Y Wang, T Zhang, L Hao - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Adding water (H 2 O) to the electrolyte improves discharge capacity by enhancing the
solution mechanism, but the evolution of discharge capacity with H 2 O content growth …