Challenges facing lithium batteries and electrical double‐layer capacitors

NS Choi, Z Chen, SA Freunberger, X Ji… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Energy‐storage technologies, including electrical double‐layer capacitors and rechargeable
batteries, have attracted significant attention for applications in portable electronic devices …

Sodium-based batteries: from critical materials to battery systems

F Li, Z Wei, A Manthiram, Y Feng, J Ma… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium-based energy storage systems are attracting tremendous attention along with the
growing demand for electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage. Sharing similar …

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 …

Lithium salts as “redox active” p-type dopants for organic semiconductors and their impact in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

A Abate, T Leijtens, S Pathak, J Teuscher… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium salts have been shown to dramatically increase the conductivity in a broad range of
polymeric and small molecule organic semiconductors (OSs). Here we demonstrate and …

Unusual stability of acetonitrile-based superconcentrated electrolytes for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries

Y Yamada, K Furukawa, K Sodeyama… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The development of a stable, functional electrolyte is urgently required for fast-charging and
high-voltage lithium-ion batteries as well as next-generation advanced batteries (eg, Li–O2 …

On the Efficacy of Electrocatalysis in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

BD McCloskey, R Scheffler, A Speidel… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis has become a focal point in rechargeable Li–air battery
research to reduce overpotentials in both the oxygen reduction (discharge) and especially …

A brief review: past, present and future of lithium ion batteries

F Schipper, D Aurbach - Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 2016 - Springer
The review summarizes the development of lithium ion batteries beginning with the research
of the 1970–1980s which lead to modern intercalation type batteries. Following the history of …

Identifying Reactive Sites and Transport Limitations of Oxygen Reactions in Aprotic Lithium‐O2 Batteries at the Stage of Sudden Death

J Wang, Y Zhang, L Guo, E Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Discharging of the aprotic Li‐O2 battery relies on the O2 reduction reaction (ORR) forming
solid Li2O2 in the positive electrode, which is often characterized by a sharp voltage drop …

On the Mechanism of Nonaqueous Li–O2 Electrochemistry on C and Its Kinetic Overpotentials: Some Implications for Li–Air Batteries

BD McCloskey, R Scheffler, A Speidel… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Quantitative differential electrochemical mass spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry have
been combined to probe possible mechanisms and the kinetic overpotentials, responsible …

Photo‐energy Conversion and Storage in an Aprotic Li‐O2 Battery

Z Zhu, X Shi, G Fan, F Li, J Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A photo‐involved Li‐O2 battery with carbon nitride (C3N4) is presented as a bifunctional
photocatalyst to accelerate both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. With illumination …