Mechanism and performance of lithium–oxygen batteries – a perspective

Gaining Control over the Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction in Organic Electrolytes: The Effect of Solvent Properties

(2017) C. J. Bondue et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) Binder Degradation in Li–O2 Batteries: A Consideration for the Characterization of Lithium Superoxide

(2017) Joseph K. Papp et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Proton enhanced dynamic battery chemistry for aprotic lithium–oxygen batteries

(2017) Yun Guang Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

True performance metrics in beyond-intercalation batteries

(2017) Stefan A. Freunberger   Nature Energy

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

(2017) Nika Mahne et al.   Nature Energy

Mechanistic Role of Li+ Dissociation Level in Aprotic Li–O2 Battery

(2016) Daniel Sharon et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Moisture- and Oxygen-Impermeable Separator for Aprotic Li-O2Batteries

(2016) Byung Gon Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Amorphous Li2 O2 : Chemical Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties

(2016) Yelong Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

(2016) Jiawei Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Singlet Oxygen Formation during the Charging Process of an Aprotic Lithium-Oxygen Battery

(2016) Johannes Wandt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Solvent-Dependent O2 /Li+ -O2 − Redox Couple: Standard Potentials, Coupling Strength, and Implications for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries

(2016) David G. Kwabi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

1,2-Dimethoxyethane Degradation Thermodynamics in Li−O2 Redox Environments

(2016) Marco Carboni et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Superoxide (Electro)Chemistry on Well-Defined Surfaces in Organic Environments

(2016) Bostjan Genorio et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Potential-Dependent Generation of O2– and LiO2 and Their Critical Roles in O2 Reduction to Li2O2 in Aprotic Li–O2 Batteries

(2016) Yelong Zhang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Chemical vs Electrochemical Formation of Li2CO3 as a Discharge Product in Li–O2/CO2 Batteries by Controlling the Superoxide Intermediate

(2016) Wei Yin et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

An Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Study on the Effects of the Surface- and Solution-Based Mechanisms in Li-O2Cells

(2016) Kristian B. Knudsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A lithium–oxygen battery based on lithium superoxide

(2016) Jun Lu et al.   NATURE

Biredox ionic liquids with solid-like redox density in the liquid state for high-energy supercapacitors

(2016) Eléonore Mourad et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2016) Xiangwen Gao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The effect of water on discharge product growth and chemistry in Li–O2 batteries

(2016) David G. Kwabi et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Implications of 4 e– Oxygen Reduction via Iodide Redox Mediation in Li–O2 Batteries

(2016) Colin M. Burke et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Rational design of redox mediators for advanced Li–O2 batteries

(2016) Hee-Dae Lim et al.   Nature Energy

Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

(2016) Jang Wook Choi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Catalytic Behavior of Lithium Nitrate in Li-O2 Cells

(2015) Daniel Sharon et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhanced Cycling Stability of Rechargeable Li-O2Batteries Using High-Concentration Electrolytes

(2015) Bin Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A new method to prevent degradation of lithium–oxygen batteries: reduction of superoxide by viologen

(2015) L. Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

How Dopants Can Enhance Charge Transport in Li2O2

(2015) Maxwell D. Radin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Understanding the Chemical Stability of Polymers for Lithium–Air Batteries

(2015) Chibueze V. Amanchukwu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A highly active nanostructured metallic oxide cathode for aprotic Li–O2 batteries

(2015) Dipan Kundu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Trade-Offs in Capacity and Rechargeability in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries: Solution-Driven Growth versus Nucleophilic Stability

(2015) Abhishek Khetan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Modeling Investigation of the Local Electrochemistry in Lithium-O2Batteries: A Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach

(2015) Guillaume Blanquer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Study of the Influence of Lithium Salt Anions on Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Li-Air Batteries

(2015) I. Gunasekara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Influence of Water and Protons on Li2O2 Crystal Growth in Aprotic Li-O2 Cells

(2015) K. U. Schwenke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancing electrochemical intermediate solvation through electrolyte anion selection to increase nonaqueous Li–O2battery capacity

(2015) Colin M. Burke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cycling Li-O2 batteries via LiOH formation and decomposition

(2015) T. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

A Highly Active Low Voltage Redox Mediator for Enhanced Rechargeability of Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

(2015) Dipan Kundu et al.   ACS Central Science

The Importance of Nanometric Passivating Films on Cathodes for Li–Air Batteries

(2014) Brian D. Adams et al.   ACS Nano

Nonaqueous Li–Air Batteries: A Status Report

(2014) Alan C. Luntz et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enhanced Charge Transport in Amorphous Li2O2

(2014) Feng Tian et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Short-range Li diffusion vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline lithium peroxide Li2O2—the discharge product in lithium-air batteries

(2014) A. Dunst et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Quantifying the promise of lithium–air batteries for electric vehicles

(2014) Kevin G. Gallagher et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Aprotic Li–O2 Battery: Influence of Complexing Agents on Oxygen Reduction in an Aprotic Solvent

(2014) Chunmei Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Solvent Degradation in Nonaqueous Li-O2 Batteries: Oxidative Stability versus H-Abstraction

(2014) Abhishek Khetan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Nature of Li2O2 Oxidation in a Li–O2 Battery Revealed by Operando X-ray Diffraction

(2014) Swapna Ganapathy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Solution-Phase Bifunctional Catalyst for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

(2014) Dan Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Towards greener and more sustainable batteries for electrical energy storage

(2014) D. Larcher et al.   Nature Chemistry

Solvating additives drive solution-mediated electrochemistry and enhance toroid growth in non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries

(2014) Nagaphani B. Aetukuri et al.   Nature Chemistry

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

(2014) Lee Johnson et al.   Nature Chemistry

On the Thermodynamics, the Role of the Carbon Cathode, and the Cycle Life of the Sodium Superoxide (NaO2) Battery

(2014) Conrad L. Bender et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Electron and Ion Transport In Li2O2

(2013) Oliver Gerbig et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Predicting the stability of aprotic solvents in Li-air batteries: pKa calculations of aliphatic C–H acids in dimethyl sulfoxide

(2013) Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

A Facile Mechanism for Recharging Li2O2 in Li–O2 Batteries

(2013) ShinYoung Kang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Lithium–oxygen batteries: bridging mechanistic understanding and battery performance

(2013) Yi-Chun Lu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Charge transport in lithium peroxide: relevance for rechargeable metal–air batteries

(2013) Maxwell D. Radin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Current density dependence of peroxide formation in the Li–O2 battery and its effect on charge

(2013) Brian D. Adams et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Theoretical evidence for low kinetic overpotentials in Li-O2 electrochemistry

(2013) J. S. Hummelshøj et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Interactions of Dimethoxy Ethane with Li2O2 Clusters and Likely Decomposition Mechanisms for Li–O2 Batteries

(2013) Rajeev S. Assary et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Li–O2 Kinetic Overpotentials: Tafel Plots from Experiment and First-Principles Theory

(2013) V. Viswanathan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Combining Accurate O2 and Li2O2 Assays to Separate Discharge and Charge Stability Limitations in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

(2013) Bryan D. McCloskey et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Tunneling and Polaron Charge Transport through Li2O2 in Li–O2 Batteries

(2013) A. C. Luntz et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Stability of polymer binders in Li–O 2 batteries

(2013) Eduard Nasybulin et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Reactivity of Carbon in Lithium–Oxygen Battery Positive Electrodes

(2013) Daniil M. Itkis et al.   NANO LETTERS

Charging a Li–O2 battery using a redox mediator

(2013) Yuhui Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

A stable cathode for the aprotic Li–O2 battery

(2013) Muhammed M. Ottakam Thotiyl et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A comprehensive study on the cell chemistry of the sodium superoxide (NaO2) battery

(2013) Pascal Hartmann et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Evidence for lithium superoxide-like species in the discharge product of a Li–O2 battery

(2013) Junbing Yang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The Role of Catalysts and Peroxide Oxidation in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries

(2012) Robert Black et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A redox shuttle to facilitate oxygen reduction in the lithium air battery

(2012) Matthew J. Lacey et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Predicting Autoxidation Stability of Ether- and Amide-Based Electrolyte Solvents for Li–Air Batteries

(2012) Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

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

(2012) Bryan D. McCloskey et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Implications of CO2 Contamination in Rechargeable Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

(2012) S. R. Gowda et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Twin Problems of Interfacial Carbonate Formation in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

(2012) B. D. McCloskey et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Limitations in Rechargeability of Li-O2 Batteries and Possible Origins

(2012) B. D. McCloskey et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The Carbon Electrode in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Cells

(2012) Muhammed M. Ottakam Thotiyl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Li–O2 Battery with a Dimethylformamide Electrolyte

(2012) Yuhui Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Reversible and Higher-Rate Li-O2 Battery

(2012) Z. Peng et al.   SCIENCE

Investigation of the O2 Electrochemistry in a Polymer Electrolyte Solid-State Cell

(2011) Jusef Hassoun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Lithium-Oxygen Battery with Ether-Based Electrolytes

(2011) Stefan A. Freunberger et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Oxygen Reactions in a Non-Aqueous Li+ Electrolyte

(2011) Zhangquan Peng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries

(2011) V. Viswanathan et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Predicting Solvent Stability in Aprotic Electrolyte Li–Air Batteries: Nucleophilic Substitution by the Superoxide Anion Radical (O2•–)

(2011) Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Increased Stability Toward Oxygen Reduction Products for Lithium-Air Batteries with Oligoether-Functionalized Silane Electrolytes

(2011) Zhengcheng Zhang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Solvents’ Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium–Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry

(2011) B. D. McCloskey et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Reactions in the Rechargeable Lithium–O2Battery with Alkyl Carbonate Electrolytes

(2011) Stefan A. Freunberger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the Efficacy of Electrocatalysis in Nonaqueous Li–O2Batteries

(2011) Bryan D. McCloskey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

First-principles study of the oxygen evolution reaction of lithium peroxide in the lithium-air battery

(2011) Yifei Mo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

H[sub 2]O[sub 2] Decomposition Reaction as Selecting Tool for Catalysts in Li–O[sub 2] Cells

(2010) V. Giordani et al.   ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS

Stability of Lithium Superoxide LiO2in the Gas Phase: Computational Study of Dimerization and Disproportionation Reactions

(2010) Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Influence of Nonaqueous Solvents on the Electrochemistry of Oxygen in the Rechargeable Lithium−Air Battery

(2010) Cormac O. Laoire et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C