A new piece in the puzzle of lithium/air batteries: Computational study on the chemical stability of propylene carbonate in the presence of lithium peroxide

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3510-3520

  Laino, Teodoro ^a   Curioni, Alessandro ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

batteries; decomposition; energy storage; lithium; O 2; propylene carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SOLVENTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CRYSTALLINE SURFACES; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ENHANCED REACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INTERFACE LAYER; LITHIUM/AIR BATTERIES; NON-AQUEOUS; PROPYLENE CARBONATE; RESEARCH GROUPS; SUPEROXIDES;

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY STORAGE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SOLAR CELLS;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84859061102     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103057     Document Type: Article

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