Current challenges and routes forward for nonaqueous lithium–air batteries

T Liu, JP Vivek, EW Zhao, J Lei, N Garcia-Araez… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nonaqueous lithium–air batteries have garnered considerable research interest over the
past decade due to their extremely high theoretical energy densities and potentially low cost …

Advances in understanding mechanisms underpinning lithium–air batteries

D Aurbach, BD McCloskey, LF Nazar, PG Bruce - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
The rechargeable lithium–air battery has the highest theoretical specific energy of any
rechargeable battery and could transform energy storage if a practical device could be …

Anode-free rechargeable lithium metal batteries: progress and prospects

Z Xie, Z Wu, X An, X Yue, J Wang, A Abudula… - Energy Storage …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid growth in the demand for high-energy density lithium battery in energy
storage systems and inadequate global lithium reserves, the configuration of limited lithium …

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 …

Robust catalysis on 2D materials encapsulating metals: concept, application, and perspective

J Deng, D Deng, X Bao - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Great endeavors are undertaken to search for low‐cost, rich‐reserve, and highly efficient
alternatives to replace precious‐metal catalysts, in order to cut costs and improve the …

The role of LiO2 solubility in O2 reduction in aprotic solvents and its consequences for Li–O2 batteries

L Johnson, C Li, Z Liu, Y Chen, SA Freunberger… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
When lithium–oxygen batteries discharge, O2 is reduced at the cathode to form solid Li2O2.
Understanding the fundamental mechanism of O2 reduction in aprotic solvents is therefore …

Promoting solution phase discharge in Li–O2 batteries containing weakly solvating electrolyte solutions

X Gao, Y Chen, L Johnson, PG Bruce - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
On discharge, the Li–O2 battery can form a Li2O2 film on the cathode surface, leading to low
capacities, low rates and early cell death, or it can form Li2O2 particles in solution, leading to …

Nonaqueous Li–air batteries: a status report

AC Luntz, BD McCloskey - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
It is well-recognized that electrification of transportation would do much to minimize our
consumption of fossil fuels, and thereby reduce CO2 emissions and consequent effects on …

Threshold potentials for fast kinetics during mediated redox catalysis of insulators in Li–O2 and Li–S batteries

D Cao, X Shen, A Wang, F Yu, Y Wu, S Shi… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Redox mediators could catalyse otherwise slow and energy-inefficient cycling of Li–S and Li–
O2 batteries by shuttling electrons or holes between the electrode and the solid insulating …

Singlet oxygen generation as a major cause for parasitic reactions during cycling of aprotic lithium–oxygen batteries

N Mahne, B Schafzahl, C Leypold, M Leypold… - Nature Energy, 2017 - nature.com
Non-aqueous metal–oxygen batteries depend critically on the reversible formation/
decomposition of metal oxides on cycling. Irreversible parasitic reactions cause poor …