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Liu T, Zhao S, Xiong Q, Yu J, Wang J, Huang G, Ni M, Zhang X. Reversible Discharge Products in Li-Air Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2208925. [PMID: 36502282 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Lithium-air (Li-air) batteries stand out among the post-Li-ion batteries due to their high energy density, which has rapidly progressed in the past years. Regarding the fundamental mechanism of Li-air batteries that discharge products produced and decomposed during charging and recharging progress, the reversibility of products closely affects the battery performance. Along with the upsurge of the mainstream discharge products lithium peroxide, with devoted efforts to screening electrolytes, constructing high-efficiency cathodes, and optimizing anodes, much progress is made in the fundamental understanding and performance. However, the limited advancement is insufficient. In this case, the investigations of other discharge products, including lithium hydroxide, lithium superoxide, lithium oxide, and lithium carbonate, emerge and bring breakthroughs for the Li-air battery technologies. To deepen the understanding of the electrochemical reactions and conversions of discharge products in the battery, recent advances in the various discharge products, mainly focusing on the growth and decomposition mechanisms and the determining factors are systematically reviewed. The perspectives for Li-air batteries on the fundamental development of discharge products and future applications are also provided.
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- Tong Liu
- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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- Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China
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Cortés HA, Corti HR. In-situ characterization of discharge products of lithium-oxygen battery using Flow Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2021; 230:113369. [PMID: 34399101 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The increasing interest in lithium-oxygen batteries (LOB), having the highest theoretical energy densities among the advanced lithium batteries, has triggered the search for in-situ characterization techniques, including Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy (EC-AFM). In this work we addressed the characterization of the formation and decomposition of lithium peroxide (Li2O2) on a carbon cathode using a modified AFM technique, called Flow Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy (FE-AFM), where an oxygen-saturated solution of the non-aqueous lithium electrolyte is circulated through a liquid AFM cell. This novel technique does not require keeping the AFM equipment inside a glove-box, and it allows performing a number of experiments using the same substrate with different electrolytes without disassembling the cell. We study the morphology of Li2O2 on graphite carbon using lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) in dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) as electrolyte under different operational conditions, in order to compare our results with those reported using other electrolytes and in-situ and ex-situ EC-AFM.
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- Henry A Cortés
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada e Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN-CONICET) Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. General Paz 1499, San Martín, Buenos Aires 1650, Argentina
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada e Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN-CONICET) Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. General Paz 1499, San Martín, Buenos Aires 1650, Argentina; Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE-CONICET) Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina.
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Cortes HA, Barral MA, Seriani N, Corti HR, Vildosola VL. Revealing the Li
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Catalysts for Lithium‐Oxygen Batteries. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Henry A. Cortes
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN CNEA-CONICET) Av. Gral Paz 1499 Partido de San Martín Buenos Aires B1650 Argentina
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN CNEA-CONICET) Av. Gral Paz 1499 Partido de San Martín Buenos Aires B1650 Argentina
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- The Abdus Salam ICTP Strada Costiera 11 I-34151 Trieste Italy
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN CNEA-CONICET) Av. Gral Paz 1499 Partido de San Martín Buenos Aires B1650 Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE CONICET) Pabellón 2 Ciudad Universitaria Buenos Aires C1428EHA Argentina
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (INN CNEA-CONICET) Av. Gral Paz 1499 Partido de San Martín Buenos Aires B1650 Argentina
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