The role of LiO 2 solubility in O 2 reduction in aprotic solvents and its consequences for Li-O 2 batteries

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1091-1099

  Johnson, Lee ^a,b   Li, Chunmei ^a,c   Liu, Zheng ^a,b   Chen, Yuhui ^a,b   Freunberger, Stefan A ^d   Ashok, Praveen C ^e   Praveen, Bavishna B ^e   Dholakia, Kishan ^e   Tarascon, Jean Marie ^f   Bruce, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS RS2E FR 3459   (France)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

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EID: 84911463465     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2101     Document Type: Article

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