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Dai L, Zhou X, Yang Y, Hu P, Ci L. Ordered porous Mn - Co spinel oxide (CoMn 2O 4) with vacancies modulation as efficient electrocatalyst for Li - O 2 battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 670:719-728. [PMID: 38788439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.05.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Nonaqueous Li - O2 battery (LOB) is considered one of the most promising energy storage system due to its ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity (3500 Wh kg-1). Introducing vacancies in CoMn2O4 catalysts is regarded as an effective strategy to enhance the electrochemical performances of LOB. However, the relation between vacancy types in CoMn2O4 and catalytic performances in the LOB remains ambiguous. Herein, ordered porous CoMn2O4 with oxygen and metal vacancies is obtained via solvothermal reaction followed by temperature-controlled calcination using polystyrene spheres as templates. The increase in treatment temperature reduces the content of oxygen vacancies while increasing that of the metal vacancies. Notably, experimental results and theoretical calculations show that oxygen vacancies in CoMn2O4 have a greater influence than metal vacancies in modulating the LiO2 adsorption during the reaction processes and reducing the overpotential. CoMn2O4 synthesized at 500 ℃ (CoMnO-500) with higher oxygen vacancies exhibits stronger adsorption onto the LiO2, facilitating the formation of film-like Li2O2. Therefore, an LOB with the CoMnO-500 catalyst presents the lowest overpotential of 1.2 V and longest cycle lifespan of 286 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g-1. This study offers insights into the effect of CoMn2O4 vacancies on the formation pathway of Li2O2 discharge products.
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- Linna Dai
- School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Nanli Road #28, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430068, China
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- School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Nanli Road #28, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430068, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Nanli Road #28, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430068, China.
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- Research Center for Carbon Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
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Bai X, Peng D, Chen Y, Ma C, Qu W, Liu S, Luo L. Three-dimensional electrochemical-magnetic-thermal coupling model for lithium-ion batteries and its application in battery health monitoring and fault diagnosis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:10802. [PMID: 38734833 PMCID: PMC11088670 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61526-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Storage batteries with elevated energy density, superior safety and economic costs continues to escalate. Batteries can pose safety hazards due to internal short circuits, open circuits and other malfunctions during usage, hence real-time surveillance and error diagnosis of the battery's operational state is imperative. In this paper, a three-dimensional model of electrochemical-magnetic field-thermal coupling is formulated with lithium-ion pouch cells as the research focus, and the spatial distribution pattern of the physical field such as magnetic field and temperature when the battery is operational is acquired. Furthermore, this manuscript also investigates the diagnostic methodology for defective batteries with internal short circuits and fissures, that is, the operational state of the battery is evaluated and diagnosed by the distribution of the magnetic field surrounding the battery. To substantiate the method's practical viability, the present study extends its examination to the 18650-battery pack. We obtained the magnetic field images of the normal operation of the battery pack and the failure state of some batteries and analyzed the relationship between the magnetic field distribution characteristics and the performance of the battery pack, providing a new method for the health monitoring and fault diagnosis of the battery pack. This non-contact method incurs no damage to the battery, concurrently exhibiting elevated sensitivity and extremely rapid response time. Meanwhile, it provides an effective means for non-destructive research on the batteries and can be applied to areas such as battery safety screening and non-destructive testing. This research not only helps to facilitate our understanding of the battery's operating mechanism, but also provides robust support for safe operation and optimal battery design.
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- Xuanyao Bai
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou Campus), Guangzhou, China.
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen, China.
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Gao Y, Asahina H, Matsuda S, Noguchi H, Uosaki K. Nature of Li 2O 2 and its relationship to the mechanisms of discharge/charge reactions of lithium-oxygen batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:13655-13666. [PMID: 38587036 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00428k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Lithium-air batteries (LABs) are considered one of the most promising energy storage devices because of their large theoretical energy density. However, low cyclability caused by battery degradation prevents its practical use. Thus, to realize practical LABs, it is essential to improve cyclability significantly by understanding how the degradation processes proceed. Here, we used online mass spectrometry for real-time monitoring of gaseous products generated during charging of lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs), which was operated with pure oxygen not air, with 1 M lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME) electrolyte solution. Linear voltage sweep (LVS) and voltage step modes were employed for charge instead of constant current charge so that the energetics of the product formation during the charge process can be understood more quantitatively. The presence of two distinctly different types of Li2O2, one being decomposed in a wide range of relatively low cell voltages (2.8-4.16 V) (l-Li2O2) and the other being decomposed at higher cell voltages than ca. 4.16 V (h-Li2O2), was confirmed by both LVS and step experiments. H2O generation started when the O2 generation rate reached a first maximum and CO2 generation took place accompanied by the decomposition of h-Li2O2. Based on the above results and the effects of discharge time and the use of isotope oxygen during discharge on product distribution during charge, the generation mechanism of O2, H2O, and CO2 during charging is discussed in relation to the reactions during discharge.
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- Yanan Gao
- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- SoftBank-NIMS Advanced Technologies Development Center, NIMS, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- SoftBank-NIMS Advanced Technologies Development Center, NIMS, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
- SoftBank-NIMS Advanced Technologies Development Center, NIMS, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Xiong L, Su NQ, Fang WH. The Role of Self-Catalysis Induced by Co Doping in Nonaqueous Li-O 2 Batteries. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7526-7540. [PMID: 37584649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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This work systematically studies the product self-catalysis of in situ electrochemical cobalt doping of Li2O2 and reveals its potential mechanism for improving the performance of lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the discharge products contain substituted and interstitial Co impurities, which serve as active sites to promote the formation of Li3O4 crystallization, thus switching the nucleation mechanism from the main discharge product Li2O2 to Li3O4. This Co-doping behavior leads to the thermodynamically favorable and dynamically stable formation of Li3O4 crystals during the discharge process. Through systematic investigation of the structural, energetic, electronic, diffusive, and catalytic properties of the Co-doped Li2O2 and Li3O4 compounds, we found that Li3O4 has better charge/mass transport and a lower overpotential for the Li3O4 formation/decomposition reaction. Consequently, this work elucidates that Co doping provides a simple and effective approach for increasing the proportion of Li3O4, which can significantly improve the Li-O2 battery performance.
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- Lixin Xiong
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Yan H, Wang WW, Wu TR, Gu Y, Li KX, Wu DY, Zheng M, Dong Q, Yan J, Mao BW. Morphology-Dictated Mechanism of Efficient Reaction Sites for Li 2O 2 Decomposition. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37216562 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In the pursuit of a highly reversible lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery, control of reaction sites to maintain stable conversion between O2 and Li2O2 at the cathode side is imperatively desirable. However, the mechanism involving the reaction site during charging remains elusive, which, in turn, imposes challenges in recognition of the origin of overpotential. Herein, via combined investigations by in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), we propose a universal morphology-dictated mechanism of efficient reaction sites for Li2O2 decomposition. It is found that Li2O2 deposits with different morphologies share similar localized conductivities, much higher than that reported for bulk Li2O2, enabling the reaction site not only at the electrode/Li2O2/electrolyte interface but also at the Li2O2/electrolyte interface. However, while the mass transport process is more enhanced at the former, the charge-transfer resistance at the latter is sensitively related to the surface structure and thus the reactivity of the Li2O2 deposit. Consequently, for compact disk-like deposits, the electrode/Li2O2/electrolyte interface serves as the dominant decomposition site, which causes premature departure of Li2O2 and loss of reversibility; on the contrary, for porous flower-like and film-like Li2O2 deposits bearing a larger surface area and richer surface-active structures, both the interfaces are efficient for decomposition without premature departure of the deposit so that the overpotential arises primarily from the sluggish oxidation kinetics and the decomposition is more reversible. The present work provides instructive insights into the understanding of the mechanism of reaction sites during the charge process, which offers guidance for the design of reversible Li-O2 batteries.
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- Hao Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Qiu Q, Long J, Yao P, Wang J, Li X, Pan ZZ, Zhao Y, Li Y. Cathode electrocatalyst in aprotic lithium oxygen (Li-O2) battery: A literature survey. Catal Today 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Gao Z, Temprano I, Lei J, Tang L, Li J, Grey CP, Liu T. Recent Progress in Developing a LiOH-Based Reversible Nonaqueous Lithium-Air Battery. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2201384. [PMID: 36063023 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The realization of practical nonaqueous lithium-air batteries (LABs) calls for novel strategies to address their numerous theoretical and technical challenges. LiOH formation/decomposition has recently been proposed as a promising alternative route to cycling LABs via Li2 O2 . Herein, the progress in developing LiOH-based nonaqueous LABs is reviewed. Various catalytic systems, either soluble or solid-state, that can activate a LiOH-based electrochemistry are compared in detail, with emphasis in providing an updated understanding of the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in nonaqueous media. We identify the key factors that can switch the cell chemistry between Li2 O2 and LiOH and highlight the debate around these routes, as well as rationalize potential causes for these opposing opinions. The identities of the reaction intermediates, activity of redox mediators and additives, location of reaction interfaces, causes of parasitic reactions, as well as the effect of CO2 on the LiOH electrochemistry, all play a critical role in altering the relative rates of a series of interconnected reactions and all warrant further investigation.
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- Zongyan Gao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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Jiang Z, Rappe AM. Uncovering the Electrolyte-Dependent Transport Mechanism of LiO 2 in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22150-22158. [PMID: 36442495 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) offer extremely high theoretical energy density and are therefore strong contenders for bringing conventional batteries into the next generation. To avoid deactivation and passivation of the electrode due to the gradual covering of the surface by discharge products, electrolytes with high donor number (DN) are becoming increasingly popular in LOBs. However, the mechanism of this electrolyte-assisted discharge process remains unclear in many aspects, including the lithium superoxide (LiO2) intermediate transportation mechanism and stability at both electrode/electrolyte interfaces and in bulk electrolytes. Here, we performed a systematic Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD)-level investigation of the LiO2 solvation reactions at two interfaces with high- or low-DN electrolytes (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or acetonitrile (CH3CN), respectively), followed by examinations of stability and condensation once the LiO2 monomers are solvated. Release of partial discharge product LiO2 is found to be energetically favorable into DMSO from the Co3O4 cathode with a small energy barrier. However, in the presence of CH3CN electrolyte, the release of LiO2 from the electrode surface is found to be energetically unfavorable. Dissolved LiO2(sol) clusters in bulk DMSO solvents are found to be more favorable to dimerize and agglomerate into a toroidal shape rather than to decompose, which avoids the emergence of strong oxidant ions (O2-) and preserves the system stability. This study provides two complete molecular-level pathways (solution and surface) from first-principles understanding of LOBs, offering guidance for future selection and design of electrode catalysts and solvents.
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- Zhen Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19104-6323, United States
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Zhang Z, Xiao X, Yu W, Zhao Z, Tan P. Reacquainting the Sudden-Death and Reaction Routes of Li-O 2 Batteries by Ex Situ Observation of Li 2O 2 Distribution Inside a Highly Ordered Air Electrode. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7527-7534. [PMID: 36069458 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The unclear Li2O2 distribution inside an air electrode stems from the difficulty of conducting observation techniques inside a porous electrode. In this work, an integrated air electrode is prepared with highly ordered channels. The morphological composition and distribution of Li2O2 inside the real air electrode are clearly observed for the first time. The results show that the toroidal Li2O2 is constrained by the channel size and exhibits a larger diameter on the separator side at high currents. In contrast to the reported single-factor experiments, the coupling effects of charge transfer impedance and concentration polarization on sudden death are analyzed in-depth at low and high currents. The growth model suggests that toroidal Li2O2 exhibits a high dependence on the electrode surface structure. A new route is proposed in which the Li2O2/electrode interface of a toroid is controlled partially by the second single-electron reduction.
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- Zhuojun Zhang
- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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Wu Z, Tian Y, Chen H, Wang L, Qian S, Wu T, Zhang S, Lu J. Evolving aprotic Li-air batteries. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8045-8101. [PMID: 36047454 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00003b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lithium-air batteries (LABs) have attracted tremendous attention since the proposal of the LAB concept in 1996 because LABs have a super high theoretical/practical specific energy and an infinite supply of redox-active materials, and are environment-friendly. However, due to the lack of critical electrode materials and a thorough understanding of the chemistry of LABs, the development of LABs entered a germination period before 2010, when LABs research mainly focused on the development of air cathodes and carbonate-based electrolytes. In the growing period, i.e., from 2010 to the present, the investigation focused more on systematic electrode design, fabrication, and modification, as well as the comprehensive selection of electrolyte components. Nevertheless, over the past 25 years, the development of LABs has been full of retrospective steps and breakthroughs. In this review, the evolution of LABs is illustrated along with the constantly emerging design, fabrication, modification, and optimization strategies. At the end, perspectives and strategies are put forward for the development of future LABs and even other metal-air batteries.
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- Zhenzhen Wu
- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. .,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Cao D, Hao Y, Wang Y, Bai Y, Li Y, Wang X, Chen J, Wu C. Platinum Nanocrystals Embedded in Three-Dimensional Graphene for High-Performance Li-O 2 Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:40921-40929. [PMID: 36043892 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Graphene is considered as a promising cathode candidate for Li-O2 batteries because of its excellent electronic conductivity and oxygen adsorption capacity. However, for Li-O2 batteries, the self-stacking effect caused by two-dimensional (2D) structural properties of graphene is not conducive to the rapid oxygen transport and mass transfer process, thereby affecting the electrode kinetics. Here, we successfully prepared three-dimensional (3D) graphene with different scales by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and physical pulverization strategies, in which CH4 is the carbon source and H2/Ar mixed gas is the etching gas. Meanwhile, we fabricated 3D graphene-based Pt nanocatalysts by an ultraviolet-assisted construction strategy and then applied them in Li-O2 batteries. Systematic studies reveal a special relevance between electrochemical performance and graphene particle size, and the smaller-sized 3D graphene can better maintain the microstructure distribution in both the Pt embedding process and electrochemical applications, which is beneficial to the transport of oxygen and Li ions, lowering the decomposition energy barrier of Li2O2, and further obtaining reduced charge overpotential (0.22 V) and prolonged cycle life for Li-O2 batteries. Finally, we anticipate that this work could promote the practical application of 2D materials and larger-sized 3D materials in Li-O2 batteries.
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- Dong Cao
- Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing314019, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Guangzhou Moxi Technology Co Ltd., Guangzhou510535, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing314019, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing314019, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Guangzhou Moxi Technology Co Ltd., Guangzhou510535, China
- International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University, Beijing100001, China
- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Peking University, Beijing100871, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing314019, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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Badam R, Shibuya M, Mantripragada BS, Ohira M, Zhou L, Matsumi N. BIAN-based durable polymer metal complex as a cathode material for Li–O2 battery applications. Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-022-00699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ma S, Lu Y, Zhu X, Li Z, Liu Q. Efficient Modulation of Electron Pathways by Constructing a MnO 2-x@CeO 2 Interface toward Advanced Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:22104-22113. [PMID: 35533014 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c02318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A major challenge for Li-O2 batteries is to facilely achieve the formation and decomposition of the discharge product Li2O2, and the development of an active and synergistic cathode is of great significance to efficiently accelerate its formation/decomposition kinetics. Herein, a novel strategy is presented by constructing a MnO2-x@CeO2 heterostructure on the porous carbon matrix. When it was used as a cathode for Li-O2 batteries, excellent electrochemical performances, including low overpotential, large discharge capacity, and superior cycling stability were obtained. Series theoretical calculations were conducted to reveal the mechanism for the reversible battery reactions and explain how Li2O2 interacts with the MnO2-x@CeO2 interface. Apart from the electronic ladders formed between MnO2-x 3d and CeO2 4f orbitals, which can act as a highly efficient "electron transfer expressway", the specific adsorption of MnO2-x and CeO2 with Li2O2 molecules contributes to the enhanced anchoring force of Li2O2 and delocalization of the electron cloud on the Li-O bond. Thanks to the constructed heterostructure and synergistic effect, filmlike Li2O2 can be formed through a surface pathway, and when charging, it accelerates the separation of electrons and Li+ in Li2O2, thus achieving fast redox kinetics and low overpotential.
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- Shiyu Ma
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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Ryu CH, Ahn HS. Investigation into the morphological implications on electron transfer dynamics of lithium peroxides by scanning electrochemical microscopy. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- C. Hyun Ryu
- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul South Korea
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Zhao Y, Chen W, Wu J, Hu Z, Liu F, Wang L, Peng H. Recent advances in charge mechanism of noble metal-based cathodes for Li-O2 batteries. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Zheng X, Yuan M, Guo D, Wen C, Li X, Huang X, Li H, Sun G. Theoretical Design and Structural Modulation of a Surface-Functionalized Ti 3C 2T x MXene-Based Heterojunction Electrocatalyst for a Li-Oxygen Battery. ACS NANO 2022; 16:4487-4499. [PMID: 35188376 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c10890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Two-dimensional MXene with high conductivity has metastable Ti atoms and inert functional groups on the surface, greatly limiting application in surface-related electrocatalytic reactions. A surface-functionalized nitrogen-doped two-dimensional TiO2/Ti3C2Tx heterojunction (N-TiO2/Ti3C2Tx) was fabricated theoretically, with high conductivity and optimized electrocatalytic active sites. Based on the conductive substrate of Ti3C2Tx, the heterojunction remained metallic and efficiently accelerated the transfer of Li+ and electrons in the electrode. More importantly, the precise regulation of active sites in the N-TiO2/Ti3C2Tx heterojunction optimized the adsorption for LiO2 and Li2O2, facilitating the sluggish kinetics with a lowest theoretical overpotential in both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Employed as an electrocatalyst in a Li-oxygen battery (Li-O2 battery), it demonstrated a high specific capacity of 15 298 mAh g-1 and a superior cyclability with more than 200 cycles at 500 mA g-1, as well as the swiftly reduced overpotential. Furthermore, combined with the in situ differential electrochemical mass spectrometry, ex situ Raman spectra, and SEM tests, the N-TiO2/Ti3C2Tx heterojunction electrode presented a superior stability and reduced side reaction along with the high performance toward the ORR and OER. It provides an efficient insight for the design of high-performance electrocatalysts for metal-oxygen batteries.
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- Xingzi Zheng
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Department of Physics and Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Hase Y, Uyama T, Nishioka K, Seki J, Morimoto K, Ogihara N, Mukouyama Y, Nakanishi S. Positive Feedback Mechanism to Increase the Charging Voltage of Li-O 2 Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:1296-1305. [PMID: 35014793 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The large overpotential of nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries when charging causes low round-trip efficiency and decomposition of the electrode materials and electrolyte. The origins of this overpotential have been enthusiastically explored to date; however, a full understanding has not yet been reached because of the complexity of multistep reaction mechanisms. Here, we applied structural and electrochemical analysis techniques to investigate the reaction step that results in the increase of the overpotential when charging. Rietveld refinement of ex situ powder X-ray diffraction showed that a Li-deficient phase of Li2O2, Li2-xO2, formed when discharging and was present over the course of charging. The galvanostatic intermittent titration technique revealed that the rate-determining process in the first step of charging was a solid-solution type of delithiation. The chemical diffusion coefficient of Li+ ions in Li2-xO2, DLi, decreases as the cell voltage increases, which in turn leads to a decrease in the oxidation rate of Li2-xO2. Under galvanostatic conditions, the deceleration of oxidation induces further increase of the cell voltage; therefore, an intrinsic mechanism of positive feedback to increase the cell voltage occurs in the first step. The results demonstrate that the continuity of the first step can be extended by the suppression of changes in any of the elements of the positive feedback loop, i.e., the oxidation rate, cell voltage, or DLi.
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- Yoko Hase
- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.,Division of Science, College of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0394, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.,Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Zhang P, Han B, Yang X, Zou Y, Lu X, Liu X, Zhu Y, Wu D, Shen S, Li L, Zhao Y, Francisco JS, Gu M. Revealing the Intrinsic Atomic Structure and Chemistry of Amorphous LiO 2-Containing Products in Li-O 2 Batteries Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2129-2136. [PMID: 35075901 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aprotic lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) are promising energy storage systems characterized by ultrahigh theoretical energy density. Extensive research has been devoted to this battery technology, yet the detailed operational mechanisms involved, particularly unambiguous identification of various discharge products and their specific distributions, are still unknown or are subjects of controversy. This is partly because of the intrinsic complexity of the battery chemistry but also because of the lack of atomic-level insight into the oxygen electrodes acquired via reliable techniques. In the current study, it is demonstrated that electron beam irradiation could induce crystallization of amorphous discharge products. Cryogenic conditions and a low beam dosage have to be used for reliable transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization. High-resolution cryo-TEM and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) analysis of toroidal discharge particles unambiguously identified the discharge products as a dominating amorphous LiO2 phase with only a small amount of nanocrystalline Li2O2 islands dispersed in it. In addition, uniform mixing of carbon-containing byproducts is identified in the discharge particles with cryo-EELS, which leads to a slightly higher charging potential. The discharge products can be reversibly cycled, with no visible residue after full recharge. We believe that the amorphous superoxide dominating discharge particles can lead researchers to reconsider the chemistry of LOBs and pay special attention to exclude beam-induced artifacts in traditional TEM characterizations.
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- Peng Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.,Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.,Department of Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0448, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.,School of Material Science and Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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Zhang J, Zhao Y, Sun B, Xie Y, Tkacheva A, Qiu F, He P, Zhou H, Yan K, Guo X, Wang S, McDonagh AM, Peng Z, Lu J, Wang G. A long-life lithium-oxygen battery via a molecular quenching/mediating mechanism. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabm1899. [PMID: 35061529 PMCID: PMC10954034 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm1899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The advancement of lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries has been hindered by challenges including low discharge capacity, poor energy efficiency, severe parasitic reactions, etc. We report an Li-O2 battery operated via a new quenching/mediating mechanism that relies on the direct chemical reactions between a versatile molecule and superoxide radical/Li2O2. The battery exhibits a 46-fold increase in discharge capacity, a low charge overpotential of 0.7 V, and an ultralong cycle life >1400 cycles. Featuring redox-active 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy moieties bridged by a quenching-active perylene diimide backbone, the tailor-designed molecule acts as a redox mediator to catalyze discharge/charge reactions and serves as a reusable superoxide quencher to chemically react with superoxide species generated during battery operation. The all-in-one molecule can simultaneously tackle issues of parasitic reactions associated with superoxide radicals, singlet oxygen, high overpotentials, and lithium corrosion. The molecular design of multifunctional additives combining various capabilities opens a new avenue for developing high-performance Li-O2 batteries.
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- Jinqiang Zhang
- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
- Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre of Energy Storage Materials and Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Centre of Energy Storage Materials and Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Centre of Energy Storage Materials and Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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Hong J, Hyun S, Tsipoaka M, Samdani JS, Shanmugam S. RuFe Alloy Nanoparticle-Supported Mesoporous Carbon: Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Li-O2 and Zn–Air Batteries. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Junhyung Hong
- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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Wang J, Zheng J, Liu X. The key to improving the performance of Li-air batteries: Recent progress and challenges of the catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:17920-17940. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02212e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li-air batteries are considered to be one of the most promising energy storage devices due to their high energy density and large specific capacity. But the high overpotential, the sluggish...
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Li N, Wang Y, Peng S, Yuan Y, Wang J, Du Y, Zhang W, Han K, Ji Y, Dang F. Ti3C2T MXene cathode catalyst with efficient decomposition Li2O2 and high-rate cycle stability for Li-O2 batteries. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gauthier M, Nguyen MH, Blondeau L, Foy E, Wong A. Operando NMR characterization of a metal-air battery using a double-compartment cell design. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2021; 113:101731. [PMID: 33823328 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2021.101731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Applying operando investigations is becoming essential for acquiring fundamental insights into the reaction mechanisms and phenomena at stake in batteries currently under development. The capability of a real-time characterization of the charge/discharge electrochemical pathways and the reactivity of the electrolyte is critical to decipher the underlying chemistries and improve the battery performance. Yet, adapting operando techniques for new chemistries such as metal-oxygen (i.e. metal-air) batteries introduces challenges in the cell design due notably to the requirements of an oxygen gas supply at the cathode. Herein a simple operando cell is presented with a two-compartment cylindrical cell design for NMR spectroscopy. The design is discussed and evaluated. Operando7Li static NMR characterization on a Li-O2 battery was performed as a proof-of-concept. The productions of Li2O2, mossy Li/Li dendrites and other irreversible parasitic lithium compounds were captured in the charge/discharge processes, demonstrating the capability of tracking the evolution of the anodic and cathodic chemistry in metal-oxygen batteries.
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- Magali Gauthier
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Nishioka K, Morimoto K, Kusumoto T, Harada T, Kamiya K, Mukouyama Y, Nakanishi S. Isotopic Depth Profiling of Discharge Products Identifies Reactive Interfaces in an Aprotic Li-O 2 Battery with a Redox Mediator. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:7394-7401. [PMID: 33945262 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prior to the practical application of rechargeable aprotic Li-O2 batteries, the high charging overpotentials of these devices (which inevitably cause irreversible parasitic reactions) must be addressed. The use of redox mediators (RMs) that oxidatively decompose the discharge product, Li2O2, is one promising solution to this problem. However, the mitigating effect of RMs is currently insufficient, and so it would be beneficial to clarify the Li2O2 reductive growth and oxidative decomposition mechanisms. In the present work, Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Nano-SIMS) isotopic three-dimensional imaging and differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) analyses of individual Li2O2 particles established that both growth and decomposition proceeded at the Li2O2/electrolyte interface in a system containing the Br-/Br3- redox couple as the RM. The results of this study also indicated that the degree of oxidative decomposition of Li2O2 was highly dependent on the cell voltage. These data show that increasing the RM reaction rate at the Li2O2/electrolyte interface is critical to improve the cycle life of Li-O2 batteries.
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- Kiho Nishioka
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.,Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.,Division of Science, College of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0394, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.,Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Mechanism of mediated alkali peroxide oxidation and triplet versus singlet oxygen formation. Nat Chem 2021; 13:465-471. [PMID: 33723377 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00643-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Aprotic alkali metal-O2 batteries face two major obstacles to their chemistry occurring efficiently, the insulating nature of the formed alkali superoxides/peroxides and parasitic reactions that are caused by the highly reactive singlet oxygen (1O2). Redox mediators are recognized to be key for improving rechargeability. However, it is unclear how they affect 1O2 formation, which hinders strategies for their improvement. Here we clarify the mechanism of mediated peroxide and superoxide oxidation and thus explain how redox mediators either enhance or suppress 1O2 formation. We show that charging commences with peroxide oxidation to a superoxide intermediate and that redox potentials above ~3.5 V versus Li/Li+ drive 1O2 evolution from superoxide oxidation, while disproportionation always generates some 1O2. We find that 1O2 suppression requires oxidation to be faster than the generation of 1O2 from disproportionation. Oxidation rates decrease with growing driving force following Marcus inverted-region behaviour, establishing a region of maximum rate.
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In situ small-angle X-ray scattering reveals solution phase discharge of Li-O 2 batteries with weakly solvating electrolytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2021893118. [PMID: 33785597 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021893118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Electrodepositing insulating lithium peroxide (Li2O2) is the key process during discharge of aprotic Li-O2 batteries and determines rate, capacity, and reversibility. Current understanding states that the partition between surface adsorbed and dissolved lithium superoxide governs whether Li2O2 grows as a conformal surface film or larger particles, leading to low or high capacities, respectively. However, better understanding governing factors for Li2O2 packing density and capacity requires structural sensitive in situ metrologies. Here, we establish in situ small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) as a suitable method to record the Li2O2 phase evolution with atomic to submicrometer resolution during cycling a custom-built in situ Li-O2 cell. Combined with sophisticated data analysis, SAXS allows retrieving rich quantitative structural information from complex multiphase systems. Surprisingly, we find that features are absent that would point at a Li2O2 surface film formed via two consecutive electron transfers, even in poorly solvating electrolytes thought to be prototypical for surface growth. All scattering data can be modeled by stacks of thin Li2O2 platelets potentially forming large toroidal particles. Li2O2 solution growth is further justified by rotating ring-disk electrode measurements and electron microscopy. Higher discharge overpotentials lead to smaller Li2O2 particles, but there is no transition to an electronically passivating, conformal Li2O2 coating. Hence, mass transport of reactive species rather than electronic transport through a Li2O2 film limits the discharge capacity. Provided that species mobilities and carbon surface areas are high, this allows for high discharge capacities even in weakly solvating electrolytes. The currently accepted Li-O2 reaction mechanism ought to be reconsidered.
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Min Y, Yuan H, Wang W, Xu L. Design of Heterostructures of MXene/Two-Dimensional Organic Frameworks for Na-O 2 Batteries with a New Mechanism and a New Descriptor. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:2742-2748. [PMID: 33705145 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Na-O2 batteries are promising candidates to replace Li-O2 batteries for their excellent performance. However, the charge overpotential of Na-O2 batteries is usually too high. In this work, we designed combinations of MXene and a two-dimensional organic framework for Na-O2 batteries. The results show that the Ti2CO2/Cu-BHT has low OER and ORR overpotentials of 0.24 and 0.32 V, respectively. Besides this, the conductivity and the adsorption energy to Na+ (Eads(Na+)) are promoted due to the charge transfer between layers. We also found that the OER and ORR overpotentials are negatively and positively correlated with Eads(Na+), respectively, where Ti2CO2/Cu-BHT has a moderate Eads(Na+) (-2.20 eV) and, therefore, has good performance. Moreover, a new mechanism called the Na encapsulation mechanism was proposed on a two-dimensional organic framework surface. Through least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression, we found a new descriptor that consists of inherent properties that could help us screen better heterostructures for Na-O2 batteries.
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- Yuxiang Min
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123 Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123 Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123 Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123 Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Liu X, Lei X, Wang YG, Ding Y. Prevention of Na Corrosion and Dendrite Growth for Long-Life Flexible Na-Air Batteries. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:335-344. [PMID: 33655071 PMCID: PMC7908042 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Rechargeable Na-air batteries (NABs) based on abundant Na resources are generating great interest due to their high energy density and low cost. However, Na anode corrosion in ambient air and the growth of abnormal dendrites lead to insufficient cycle performance and safety hazards. Effectively protecting the Na anode from corrosion and inducing the uniform Na plating and stripping are therefore of vital importance for practical application. We herein report a NAB with in situ formed gel electrolyte and Na anode with trace residual Li. The gel electrolyte is obtained within cells through cross-linking Li ethylenediamine at the anode surface with tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (G4) from the liquid electrolyte. The gel can effectively prevent H2O and O2 crossover, thus delaying Na anode corrosion and electrolyte decomposition. Na dendrite growth was suppressed by the electrostatic shield effect of Li+ from the modified Li layer. Benefiting from these improvements, the NAB achieves a robust cycle performance over 2000 h in opened ambient air, which is superior to previous results. Gelation of the electrolyte prevents liquid leakage during battery bending, facilitating greater cell flexibility, which could lead to the development of NABs suitable for wearable electronic devices in ambient air.
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- Xizheng Liu
- Tianjin
Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute
for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
of Technology, Binshui Xi dao 391, Xiqing District, 300384 Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute
for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
of Technology, Binshui Xi dao 391, Xiqing District, 300384 Tianjin, China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and
Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative
Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, China
- (Y.-G.W.)
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute
for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
of Technology, Binshui Xi dao 391, Xiqing District, 300384 Tianjin, China
- (Y.D.)
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Koellisch-Mirbach A, Lohrmann T, Reinsberg PH, Baltruschat H. The mechanism of Li2O2-film formation and reoxidation – Influence of electrode roughness and single crystal surface structure. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dutta A, Ito K, Nomura A, Kubo Y. Quantitative Delineation of the Low Energy Decomposition Pathway for Lithium Peroxide in Lithium-Oxygen Battery. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001660. [PMID: 33042767 PMCID: PMC7539218 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Identification of a low-potential decomposition pathway for lithium peroxide (Li2O2) in nonaqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery is urgently needed to ameliorate its poor energy efficiency. In this study, experimental data and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the recharge overpotential (η RC) of Li-O2 battery is fundamentally dependent on the Li2O2 crystallization pathway which is intrinsically related to the microscopic structural properties of the growing crystals during discharge. The Li2O2 grown by concurrent surface reduction and chemical disproportionation seems to form two discrete phases that have been deconvoluted and the amount of Li2O2 deposited by these two routes is quantitatively estimated. Systematic analyses have demonstrated that, regardless of the bulk morphology, solution-grown Li2O2 shows higher η RC (>1 V) which can be attributed to higher structural order in the crystal compared to the surface-grown Li2O2. Presumably due to a cohesive interaction between the electrode surface and growing crystals, the surface-grown Li2O2 seems to possess microscopic structural disorder that facilitates a delithiation induced partial solution-phase oxidation at lower η RC (<0.5 V). This difference in η RC for differently grown Li2O2 provides crucial insights into necessary control over Li2O2 crystallization pathways to improve the energy efficiency of a Li-O2 battery.
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- Arghya Dutta
- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental MaterialsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental MaterialsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental MaterialsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
- NIMS‐SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development CenterNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental MaterialsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
- NIMS‐SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development CenterNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba305‐0044Japan
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Ben Osman M, Yin W, Petenzi T, Jousselme B, Cornut R, Raymundo-Pinero E, Grimaud A, Robert CL. Electrospun carbon fibers as air cathodes for aprotic Li–O2 battery: Towards cathode design for enhanced capacity. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hou B, Lei X, Zhong S, Sun B, Ouyang C. Dissociation of (Li 2O 2) 0,+ on graphene and boron-doped graphene: insights from first-principles calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:14216-14224. [PMID: 32555834 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02597f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reducing charge overpotential is of great significance to enhance the efficiency and cyclability of Li-O2 batteries. Here, a dramatically reduced charge overpotential via boron-doped graphene as a catalytic substrate is successfully predicted. By first-principles calculations, from the perspective of reaction thermodynamics and kinetics, the results show that the electrochemical oxidation of the Li2O2+ cation is easier than the chemical oxidation of the neutral Li2O2 molecule, and the oxidation of (Li2O2)0,+ is facilitated by boron-doping in pristine graphene. More importantly, the results reveal the oxidation mechanism of (Li2O2)0,+: two-step dissociation with the LiO2 molecule as a reactive intermediate has advantages over one-step dissociation; the rate-determining step for the dissociation of (Li2O2+)G is the oxygen evolution process, while the lithium removal process is the rate-determining step for the dissociation of (Li2O20)G, (Li2O20)BG, and (Li2O2+)BG.
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- Binpeng Hou
- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Computational Materials Physics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China.
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Qin L, Schkeryantz L, Zheng J, Xiao N, Wu Y. Superoxide-Based K-O 2 Batteries: Highly Reversible Oxygen Redox Solves Challenges in Air Electrodes. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:11629-11640. [PMID: 32520559 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the past 20 years, research in metal-O2 batteries has been one of the most exciting interdisciplinary fields of electrochemistry, energy storage, materials chemistry, and surface science. The mechanisms of oxygen reduction and evolution play a key role in understanding and controlling these batteries. With intensive efforts from many prominent research groups, it becomes clear that the instability of superoxide in the presence of Li ions (Li+) and Na ions (Na+) is the fundamental root cause for the poor stability, reversibility, and energy efficiency in aprotic Li-O2 and Na-O2 batteries. Stabilizing superoxide with large K ions (K+) provides a simple but elegant solution. Superoxide-based K-O2 batteries, invented in 2013, adopt the one-electron redox process of O2/potassium superoxide (KO2). Despite being the youngest metal-O2 technology, K-O2 is the most promising rechargeable metal-air battery with the combined advantages of low costs, high energy efficiencies, abundant elements, and good energy densities. However, the development of the K-O2 battery has been overshadowed by Li-O2 and Na-O2 batteries because one might think K-O2 is just an analogous extension. Moreover, due to the lower specific energy and the high reactivity of K metal, K-O2 is often underestimated and deemed unsuitable for practical applications. The objective of this Perspective is to highlight the unique advantages of K-O2 chemistry and to clarify the misconceptions prompted by the name "superoxide" and the judgment bias based on the claimed theoretical specific energies. We will also discuss the current challenges and our perspectives on how to overcome them.
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- Lei Qin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Lee H, Lee DJ, Kim M, Kim H, Cho YS, Kwon HJ, Lee HC, Park CR, Im D. High-Energy Density Li-O 2 Battery with a Polymer Electrolyte-Coated CNT Electrode via the Layer-by-Layer Method. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:17385-17395. [PMID: 32212667 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Li-O2 batteries have attracted considerable attention for several decades due to their high theoretical energy density (>3400 Wh/kg). However, it has not been clearly demonstrated that their actual volumetric and gravimetric energy densities are higher than those of Li-ion batteries. In previous studies, a considerable quantity of electrolyte was usually employed in preparing Li-O2 cells. In general, the electrolyte was considerably heavier than the carbon materials in the cathode, rendering the practical energy density of the Li-O2 battery lower than that of the Li-ion battery. Therefore, air cathodes with significantly smaller electrolyte quantities need to be developed to achieve a high specific energy density in Li-O2 batteries. In this study, we propose a core-shell-structured cathode material with a gel-polymer electrolyte layer covering the carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The CNTs are synthesized using the floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition method. The polymeric layer corresponding to the shell is prepared by the layer-by-layer (LbL) coating method, utilizing Li-Nafion along with PDDA-Cl [poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)]. Several bilayers of Li-Nafion and PDDA, on the CNT surface, are successfully prepared and characterized via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. The porous structure of the CNTs is retained after the LbL process, as confirmed by the nitrogen adsorption-desorption profile and BJH pore-size distribution analysis. This porous structure can function as an oxygen channel for facilitating the transport of oxygen molecules for reacting with the Li ions on the cathode surface. These polymeric bilayers can provide an Li-ion pathway, after absorbing a small quantity of an ionic liquid electrolyte, 0.5 M LiTFSI EMI-TFSI [1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide]. Compared to a typical cathode, where only liquid electrolytes are employed, the total quantity of electrolyte in the cathode can be significantly reduced; thereby, the overall cell energy density can be increased. A Li-O2 battery with this core-shell-structured cathode exhibited a high energy density of approximately 390 Wh/kg, which was assessed by directly weighing all of the cell components together, including the gas diffusion layer, the interlayer [a separator containing a mixture of LiTFSI, 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (PYR-14), and PDDA-TFSI], the lithium anode, and the LbL-CNT cathode. The cycle life of the LbL-CNT-based cathode was found to be 31 cycles at a limited capacity of 500 mAh/gcarbon. Although this is not an excellent performance, it is almost 2 times better than that of a CNT cathode without a polymer coating.
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- Hyunpyo Lee
- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Nanomaterials Design Laboratory, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Nanomaterials Design Laboratory, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Future Technology Campus, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 130 Samsung-ro, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Republic of Korea
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Kwak WJ, Rosy, Sharon D, Xia C, Kim H, Johnson LR, Bruce PG, Nazar LF, Sun YK, Frimer AA, Noked M, Freunberger SA, Aurbach D. Lithium-Oxygen Batteries and Related Systems: Potential, Status, and Future. Chem Rev 2020; 120:6626-6683. [PMID: 32134255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C requires a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions across many sectors of the world economy. Batteries are vital to this endeavor, whether used in electric vehicles, to store renewable electricity, or in aviation. Present lithium-ion technologies are preparing the public for this inevitable change, but their maximum theoretical specific capacity presents a limitation. Their high cost is another concern for commercial viability. Metal-air batteries have the highest theoretical energy density of all possible secondary battery technologies and could yield step changes in energy storage, if their practical difficulties could be overcome. The scope of this review is to provide an objective, comprehensive, and authoritative assessment of the intensive work invested in nonaqueous rechargeable metal-air batteries over the past few years, which identified the key problems and guides directions to solve them. We focus primarily on the challenges and outlook for Li-O2 cells but include Na-O2, K-O2, and Mg-O2 cells for comparison. Our review highlights the interdisciplinary nature of this field that involves a combination of materials chemistry, electrochemistry, computation, microscopy, spectroscopy, and surface science. The mechanisms of O2 reduction and evolution are considered in the light of recent findings, along with developments in positive and negative electrodes, electrolytes, electrocatalysis on surfaces and in solution, and the degradative effect of singlet oxygen, which is typically formed in Li-O2 cells.
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- Won-Jin Kwak
- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.,Energy & Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.,Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.,Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry and GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2TU, U.K
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- Departments of Materials and Chemistry, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.,Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria.,Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.,Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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Pender JP, Jha G, Youn DH, Ziegler JM, Andoni I, Choi EJ, Heller A, Dunn BS, Weiss PS, Penner RM, Mullins CB. Electrode Degradation in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1243-1295. [PMID: 31895532 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Although Li-ion batteries have emerged as the battery of choice for electric vehicles and large-scale smart grids, significant research efforts are devoted to identifying materials that offer higher energy density, longer cycle life, lower cost, and/or improved safety compared to those of conventional Li-ion batteries based on intercalation electrodes. By moving beyond intercalation chemistry, gravimetric capacities that are 2-5 times higher than that of conventional intercalation materials (e.g., LiCoO2 and graphite) can be achieved. The transition to higher-capacity electrode materials in commercial applications is complicated by several factors. This Review highlights the developments of electrode materials and characterization tools for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, with a focus on the structural and electrochemical degradation mechanisms that plague these systems.
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Kangwon National University , Chuncheon , Gangwon-do 24341 , South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States
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Liu T, Vivek JP, Zhao EW, Lei J, Garcia-Araez N, Grey CP. Current Challenges and Routes Forward for Nonaqueous Lithium-Air Batteries. Chem Rev 2020; 120:6558-6625. [PMID: 32090540 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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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. Significant advances have been achieved both in the mechanistic understanding of the cell reactions and in the development of effective strategies to help realize a practical energy storage device. By drawing attention to reports published mainly within the past 8 years, this review provides an updated mechanistic picture of the lithium peroxide based cell reactions and highlights key remaining challenges, including those due to the parasitic processes occurring at the reaction product-electrolyte, product-cathode, electrolyte-cathode, and electrolyte-anode interfaces. We introduce the fundamental principles and critically evaluate the effectiveness of the different strategies that have been proposed to mitigate the various issues of this chemistry, which include the use of solid catalysts, redox mediators, solvating additives for oxygen reaction intermediates, gas separation membranes, etc. Recently established cell chemistries based on the superoxide, hydroxide, and oxide phases are also summarized and discussed.
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- Tao Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China.,Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Chemistry Department, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Department, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Dongmo S, Stock D, Alexander Kreissl JJ, Groß M, Weixler S, Hagen M, Miyazaki K, Abe T, Schröder D. Implications of Testing a Zinc-Oxygen Battery with Zinc Foil Anode Revealed by Operando Gas Analysis. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:626-633. [PMID: 31956811 PMCID: PMC6964293 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Zinc-oxygen batteries are seen as promising energy storage devices for future mobile and stationary applications. Introducing them as secondary battery is hindered by issues at both the anode and cathode. Research efforts were intensified during the past two decades, mainly focusing on catalyst materials for the cathode. Thereby, zinc foil was almost exclusively used as the anode in electrochemical testing in the lab-scale as it is easy to apply and shall yield reproducible results. However, it is well known that zinc metal reacts with water within the electrolyte to form hydrogen. It is not yet clear how the evolution of hydrogen is affecting the performance results obtained thereof. Herein, we extend the studies and the understanding about the evolution of hydrogen at zinc by analyzing the zinc-oxygen battery during operation. By means of electrochemical measurements, operando gas analysis, and anode surface analysis, we elucidate that the rate of the evolution of hydrogen scales with the current density applied, and that the roughness of the anode surface, that is, the pristine state of the zinc foil surface, affects the rate as well. In the end, we propose a link between the evolution of hydrogen and the unwanted impact on the actual electrochemical performance that might go unnoticed during testing. Thereof, we elucidate the consequences that arise for the working principle and the testing of materials for this battery type.
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- Saustin Dongmo
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research (LaMa), Justus Liebig
University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research (LaMa), Justus Liebig
University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 7, D-76327 Pfinztal, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 7, D-76327 Pfinztal, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 7, D-76327 Pfinztal, Germany
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- Department
of Energy & Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto
University, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510 Kyoto, Japan
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- Department
of Energy & Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto
University, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510 Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research (LaMa), Justus Liebig
University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring
16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Multistaged discharge constructing heterostructure with enhanced solid-solution behavior for long-life lithium-oxygen batteries. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5810. [PMID: 31862935 PMCID: PMC6925149 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13712-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Inferior charge transport in insulating and bulk discharge products is one of the main factors resulting in poor cycling stability of lithium-oxygen batteries with high overpotential and large capacity decay. Here we report a two-step oxygen reduction approach by pre-depositing a potassium carbonate layer on the cathode surface in a potassium-oxygen battery to direct the growth of defective film-like discharge products in the successive cycling of lithium-oxygen batteries. The formation of defective film with improved charge transport and large contact area with a catalyst plays a critical role in the facile decomposition of discharge products and the sustained stability of the battery. Multistaged discharge constructing lithium peroxide-based heterostructure with band discontinuities and a relatively low lithium diffusion barrier may be responsible for the growth of defective film-like discharge products. This strategy offers a promising route for future development of cathode catalysts that can be used to extend the cycling life of lithium-oxygen batteries.
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Lai J, Xing Y, Chen N, Li L, Wu F, Chen R. Elektrolyte für wiederaufladbare Lithium‐Luft‐Batterien. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201903459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Jingning Lai
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing Peking 100081 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing Peking 100081 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Peking 100081 China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing Peking 100081 China
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Lai J, Xing Y, Chen N, Li L, Wu F, Chen R. Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium-Air Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:2974-2997. [PMID: 31124264 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Lithium-air batteries are promising devices for electrochemical energy storage because of their ultrahigh energy density. However, it is still challenging to achieve practical Li-air batteries because of their severe capacity fading and poor rate capability. Electrolytes are the prime suspects for cell failure. In this Review, we focus on the opportunities and challenges of electrolytes for rechargeable Li-air batteries. A detailed summary of the reaction mechanisms, internal compositions, instability factors, selection criteria, and design ideas of the considered electrolytes is provided to obtain appropriate strategies to meet the battery requirements. In particular, ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes and solid-state electrolytes show exciting opportunities to control both the high energy density and safety.
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- Jingning Lai
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China
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Structural and Electronic Properties of Small Stoichiometric (Li2O2)n Clusters and Relevance to Li–O2 Batteries. J CLUST SCI 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-019-01736-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mauger A, Julien CM, Paolella A, Armand M, Zaghib K. Building Better Batteries in the Solid State: A Review. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E3892. [PMID: 31775348 PMCID: PMC6926585 DOI: 10.3390/ma12233892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Most of the current commercialized lithium batteries employ liquid electrolytes, despite their vulnerability to battery fire hazards, because they avoid the formation of dendrites on the anode side, which is commonly encountered in solid-state batteries. In a review two years ago, we focused on the challenges and issues facing lithium metal for solid-state rechargeable batteries, pointed to the progress made in addressing this drawback, and concluded that a situation could be envisioned where solid-state batteries would again win over liquid batteries for different applications in the near future. However, an additional drawback of solid-state batteries is the lower ionic conductivity of the electrolyte. Therefore, extensive research efforts have been invested in the last few years to overcome this problem, the reward of which has been significant progress. It is the purpose of this review to report these recent works and the state of the art on solid electrolytes. In addition to solid electrolytes stricto sensu, there are other electrolytes that are mainly solids, but with some added liquid. In some cases, the amount of liquid added is only on the microliter scale; the addition of liquid is aimed at only improving the contact between a solid-state electrolyte and an electrode, for instance. In some other cases, the amount of liquid is larger, as in the case of gel polymers. It is also an acceptable solution if the amount of liquid is small enough to maintain the safety of the cell; such cases are also considered in this review. Different chemistries are examined, including not only Li-air, Li-O2, and Li-S, but also sodium-ion batteries, which are also subject to intensive research. The challenges toward commercialization are also considered.
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- Alain Mauger
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, UMR-CNRS 7590, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France;
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, UMR-CNRS 7590, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France;
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- Centre of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage (CETEES), Hydro-Québec, 1806, Lionel-Boulet blvd., Varennes, QC J3X 1S1, Canada;
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- CIC Energigune, Parque Tecnol Alava, 01510 Minano, Spain;
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- Centre of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage (CETEES), Hydro-Québec, 1806, Lionel-Boulet blvd., Varennes, QC J3X 1S1, Canada;
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Hou B, Lei X, Gan Z, Zhong S, Liu G, Ouyang C. Structural and electronic properties of small lithium peroxide clusters in view of the charge process in Li-O 2 batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:19935-19943. [PMID: 31475717 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03785c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The Li-O2 battery is an ideal energy storage device due to its highest theoretical energy density; however, its high charge overpotential limits its practical application. Herein, through ab initio calculations, we systematically investigated the structural and electronic properties of small (Li2O2)nm+ (n = 1, m = 0, 1 and n = 2, m = 0, 1, and 2) clusters and calculated the reaction energies of various decomposition reactions. Results show that the (Li2O2)1 monomer has a low spin, whereas the (Li2O2)2 dimer has a high spin. The analysis of bond length, molecular orbitals, and projected density of states reveals that the interaction of O-O is stronger in the cationic cluster than in the neutral one, whereas the interaction of O-Li is weaker in the cationic cluster than in the neutral one; this facilitates the decomposition of cationic lithium peroxide cluster. Furthermore, the calculated reaction energies indicate that the peroxide lithium decomposition preferentially favors two-step reaction over one-step reaction. Finally, the lowest-energy reaction pathway for the decomposition of (Li2O2)2 dimer was predicted to be (Li2O2)2 → Li2O2 → (Li2O2)+ → LiO2 → O2, and the rate-determining step was predicted to be the first step.
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- Binpeng Hou
- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Computational Materials Physics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China.
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Hwang C, Yoo J, Jung GY, Joo SH, Kim J, Cha A, Han JG, Choi NS, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Kwak SK, Song HK. Biomimetic Superoxide Disproportionation Catalyst for Anti-Aging Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. ACS NANO 2019; 13:9190-9197. [PMID: 31319025 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species or superoxide (O2-), which damages or ages biological cells, is generated during metabolic pathways using oxygen as an electron acceptor in biological systems. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) protects cells from superoxide-triggered apoptosis by converting superoxide to oxygen and peroxide. Lithium-oxygen battery (LOB) cells have the same aging problems caused by superoxide-triggered side reactions. We transplanted the function of SOD of biological systems into LOB cells. Malonic acid-decorated fullerene (MA-C60) was used as a superoxide disproportionation chemocatalyst mimicking the function of SOD. As expected, MA-C60 as the superoxide scavenger improved capacity retention along charge/discharge cycles successfully. A LOB cell that failed to provide a meaningful capacity just after several cycles at high current (0.5 mA cm-2) with 0.5 mAh cm-2 cutoff survived up to 50 cycles after MA-C60 was introduced to the electrolyte. Moreover, the SOD-mimetic catalyst increased capacity, e.g., more than a 6-fold increase at 0.2 mA cm-2. The experimentally observed toroidal morphology of the final discharge product of oxygen reduction (Li2O2) and density functional theory calculation confirmed that the solution mechanism of Li2O2 formation, more beneficial than the surface mechanism from the capacity-gain standpoint, was preferred in the presence of MA-C60.
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- R&D Investment Planning Team , Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) , Seoul 06775 , Republic of Korea
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Liu D, Shadike Z, Lin R, Qian K, Li H, Li K, Wang S, Yu Q, Liu M, Ganapathy S, Qin X, Yang QH, Wagemaker M, Kang F, Yang XQ, Li B. Review of Recent Development of In Situ/Operando Characterization Techniques for Lithium Battery Research. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1806620. [PMID: 31099081 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The increasing demands of energy storage require the significant improvement of current Li-ion battery electrode materials and the development of advanced electrode materials. Thus, it is necessary to gain an in-depth understanding of the reaction processes, degradation mechanism, and thermal decomposition mechanisms under realistic operation conditions. This understanding can be obtained by in situ/operando characterization techniques, which provide information on the structure evolution, redox mechanism, solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation, side reactions, and Li-ion transport properties under operating conditions. Here, the recent developments in the in situ/operando techniques employed for the investigation of the structural stability, dynamic properties, chemical environment changes, and morphological evolution are described and summarized. The experimental approaches reviewed here include X-ray, electron, neutron, optical, and scanning probes. The experimental methods and operating principles, especially the in situ cell designs, are described in detail. Representative studies of the in situ/operando techniques are summarized, and finally the major current challenges and future opportunities are discussed. Several important battery challenges are likely to benefit from these in situ/operando techniques, including the inhomogeneous reactions of high-energy-density cathodes, the development of safe and reversible Li metal plating, and the development of stable SEI.
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- Dongqing Liu
- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Nano Energy Materials Laboratory (NEM), Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Interdisciplinary Division of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Radiation Science and Technology Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 15, Delft, 2629JB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Science and Technology Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 15, Delft, 2629JB, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Nanoyang Group, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Radiation Science and Technology Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 15, Delft, 2629JB, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Nano Energy Materials Laboratory (NEM), Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Engineering Laboratory for the Next Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Materials and Devices Testing Center, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Wang P, Li C, Dong S, Ge X, Zhang P, Miao X, Zhang Z, Wang C, Yin L. One-Step Route Synthesized Co 2 P/Ru/N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hybrids as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Li-O 2 Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1900001. [PMID: 31074926 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The large-scale commercial application of lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) is overwhelmed by the sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) associated with insoluble and insulated Li2 O2 . Herein, an elaborate design on a highly catalytic LOBs cathode constructed by N-doped carbon nanotubes (CNT) with in situ encapsulated Co2 P and Ru nanoparticles is reported. The homogeneously dispersed Co2 P and Ru catalysts can effectively modulate the formation and decomposition behavior of Li2 O2 during discharge/charge processes, ameliorating the electronically insulating property of Li2 O2 and constructing a homogenous low-impedance Li2 O2 /catalyst interface. Compared with Co/CNT and Ru/CNT electrodes, the Co2 P/Ru/CNT electrode delivers much higher oxygen reduction triggering onset potential and higher ORR and OER peak current and integral areas, showing greatly improved ORR/OER kinetics due to the synergistic effects of Co2 P and Ru. Li-O2 cells based on the Ru/Co2 P/CNT electrode demonstrate improved ORR/OER overpotential of 0.75 V, excellent rate capability of 12 800 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1 , and superior cycle stability for more than 185 cycles under a restricted capacity of 1000 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 . This work paves an exciting avenue for the design and construction of bifunctional catalytic cathodes by coupling metal phosphides with other active components in LOBs.
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- Peng Wang
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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Ruggeri I, Arbizzani C, Rapino S, Soavi F. Oxygen Redox Reaction in Ionic Liquid and Ionic Liquid-like Based Electrolytes: A Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Study. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:3333-3338. [PMID: 31141369 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Improving the stability of the cathode interface is one of the critical issues for the development of high-performance Li/O2 batteries. The most critical feature to address is the development of electrolytes that mitigate side reactions that bring about cathode passivation. It is well-known that the superoxide anion (O2•-) plays a critical role. Here, we propose scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) as an analytical tool to screen the electrolyte of Li/O2 batteries. We demonstrate that by using SECM it is possible to evaluate the stability of O2•- and of the cathode to the passivation process occurring during the oxygen redox reaction. Specifically, we report a study carried out at a glassy carbon electrode in 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (PYR14TFSI) and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and in tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether with LiTFSI, the latter ranging from the salt-in-solvent to solvent-in-salt regions.
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- Irene Ruggeri
- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician , Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician , Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician , Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician , Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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Petit YK, Leypold C, Mahne N, Mourad E, Schafzahl L, Slugovc C, Borisov SM, Freunberger SA. DABCOnium: An Efficient and High-Voltage Stable Singlet Oxygen Quencher for Metal-O 2 Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6535-6539. [PMID: 30884063 PMCID: PMC6563493 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) causes a major fraction of the parasitic chemistry during the cycling of non-aqueous alkali metal-O2 batteries and also contributes to interfacial reactivity of transition-metal oxide intercalation compounds. We introduce DABCOnium, the mono alkylated form of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO), as an efficient 1 O2 quencher with an unusually high oxidative stability of ca. 4.2 V vs. Li/Li+ . Previous quenchers are strongly Lewis basic amines with too low oxidative stability. DABCOnium is an ionic liquid, non-volatile, highly soluble in the electrolyte, stable against superoxide and peroxide, and compatible with lithium metal. The electrochemical stability covers the required range for metal-O2 batteries and greatly reduces 1 O2 related parasitic chemistry as demonstrated for the Li-O2 cell.
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- Yann K. Petit
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Analytical Chemistry and Food ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of MaterialsGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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