Ionic liquid electrolytes for Li-air batteries: Lithium metal cycling

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 8122-8137

  Grande, Lorenzo ^a   Paillard, Elie ^a   Kim, Guk Tae ^a   Monaco, Simone ^b   Passerini, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency calculation; Electrolytes; Ionic liquids; Lithium air batteries; Lithium metal; Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; IMIDE; IONIC LIQUID; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONYL)IMIDE; N BUTYL N METHYLPYRROLIDINIUM BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONYL)IMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONYL)IMIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; N-METHYLPYRROLIDINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM AIR BATTERY; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; IMIDES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LITHIUM; PYRROLIDINES;

EID: 84900001187     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15058122     Document Type: Article

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