Lithium-air battery: Promise and challenges

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2193-2203

  Girishkumar, G ^a   McCloskey, B ^a   Luntz, A C ^a   Swanson, S ^a   Wilcke, W ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SYSTEMS; APROTIC; ENERGY SOURCE; EXTERNAL POTENTIAL; LI-ION BATTERIES; LITHIUM METALS; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERY; REDUCTION OF OXYGEN; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; USABLE ENERGY;

AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; LITHIUM BATTERIES; OXYGEN;

LITHIUM;

EID: 77954754227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1005384     Document Type: Article

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