A reversible long-life lithium-air battery in ambient air

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Tao ^a   Zhou, Haoshen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ION;

AMBIENT AIR; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; LITHIUM;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONDUCTOR; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRODE; LITHIUM AIR BATTERY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84878525775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2855     Document Type: Article

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