Effect of the size-selective silver clusters on lithium peroxide morphology in lithium-oxygen batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Jun ^a   Cheng, Lei ^a   Lau, Kah Chun ^a   Tyo, Eric ^a   Luo, Xiangyi ^a   Wen, Jianguo ^a   Miller, Dean ^a   Assary, Rajeev S ^a   Wang, Hsien Hau ^a   Redfern, Paul ^a   Wu, Huiming ^a   Park, Jin Bum ^b   Sun, Yang Kook ^b   Vajda, Stefan ^a,c,d   Amine, Khalil ^a   Curtiss, Larry A ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE; SILVER;

ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; LITHIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84911885663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5895     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Abraham, K. M. & Jiang, Z. A polymer electrolyte-based rechargeable lithium/oxygen battery. J. Electrochem. Soc. 143, 1-5 (1996).
2. 2 Batteries. Chem. Rev. 114, 5611-5640 (2014).
3. 2 battery. Nano. Lett. 13, 4182-4189 (2013).
4. 2 batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 519-531 (2013).
5. 2 batteries. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 5572-5581 (2013).
6. 2 cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 494-500 (2012).
7. Li, Y. et al. Carbon black cathodes for lithium oxygen batteries: Influence of porosity and heteroatom-doping. Carbon 64, 170-177 (2013).
8. Xiao, J. et al. Hierarchically porous graphene as a lithium-air battery electrode. Nano Lett. 11, 5071-5078 (2011).
9. 2 battery. Science 337, 563-566 (2012).
10. Lu, Y.-C. et al. Platinum-gold nanoparticles: a highly active bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable lithium-air batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 12170-12171 (2010).
11. Dathar, G. K. P., Shelton, W. A. & Xu, Y. Trends in the catalytic activity of transition metals for the oxygen reduction reaction by lithium. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 891-895 (2012).
12. Zhang, Z. C. et al. Increased stability toward oxygen reduction products for lithium-air batteries with oligoether-functionalized silane electrolytes. J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 25535-25542 (2011).
13. 2 electrode in rechargeable lithium batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 4521-4524 (2008).
14. 2 cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 3, 75-84 (2013).
15. Lu, J. et al. A nanostructured cathode architecture for low charge overpotential in lithium-oxygen batteries. Nat. Commun. 4, 2383 (2013).
16. Herzing, A. A., Kiely, C. J., Carley, A. F., Landon, P. & Hutchings, G. J. Identification of active gold nanoclusters on iron oxide supports for CO oxidation. Science 321, 1331-1335 (2008).
17. 2 batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 18038-18041 (2011).
18. 2 electrochemistry. J. Chem. Phys. 138, 034703 (2013).
19. 2 batteries. J. Chem. Phys. 135, 214704 (2011).
20. Vajda, S. et al. Subnanometre platinum clusters as highly active and selective catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane. Nat. Mater. 8, 213-216 (2009).
21. Lei, Y. et al. Increased silver activity for direct propylene epoxidation via subnanometer size effects. Science 328, 224-228 (2010).
22. 6-10 clusters: the effect of hydrogen and water on activity and selectivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 1467-1471 (2009).
23. Kwon, G. et al. Size-dependent subnanometer Pd cluster (Pd4, Pd6, and Pd17) water oxidation electrocatalysis. ACS Nano 7, 5808-5817 (2013).
24. 2 battery with alkyl carbonate electrolytes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 8040-8047 (2011).
25. Mizuno, F., Nakanishi, S., Kotani, Y., Yokoishi, S. & Iba, H. Rechargeable Li-air batteries with carbonate-based liquid electrolytes. Electrochem. 78, 403-405 (2010).
26. 2/LiOH crystallization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 2902-2905 (2012).
27. 2 batteries. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 997-1001 (2012).
28. 2battery using an ether-based solvent: insights from experimental and computational studies. Chem Sus Chem 6, 51-55 (2013).
29. 2batteries. J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 2635-2645 (2013).
30. 2 batteries. J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 8041-8049 (2013).
31. 2 battery. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 3764-3771 (2013).
32. Black, R., Lee, J.-H., Adams, B., Mims, C. A. & Nazar, L. F. The role of catalysts and peroxide oxidation in lithium-oxygen batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 392-396 (2013).
33. 2 batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 2518-2528 (2013).
34. 2 battery and its effect on charge. Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 1772-1778 (2013).
35. 2 batteries. Nat. Chem. 4, 1004-1010 (2012).
36. Ren, X., Zhang, S. S., Tran, D. T. & Read, J. Oxygen reduction reaction catalyst on lithium/air battery discharge performance. J. Mater. Chem. 21, 10118-10125 (2011).
37. 2 particles during electrochemical growth. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 1060-1064 (2013).
38. 2in the gas phase: computational study of dimerization and disproportionation reactions. J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 8165-8169 (2010).
39. Mo, Y., Ong, S. P. & Ceder, G. First-principles study of the oxygen evolution reaction of lithium peroxide in the lithium-air battery. Phys. Rev. B 84, 205446 (2011).
40. Radin, M. D., Rodriguez, J. F., Tian, F. & Siegel, D. J. Lithium peroxide surfaces are metallic, while lithium oxide surfaces are not. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 1093-1103 (2012).
41. 2batteries. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 4217-4222 (2013).
42. Proch, S., Wirth, M., White, H. S. & Anderson, S. L. Strong effects of cluster size and air exposure on oxygen reduction and carbon oxidation electrocatalysis by size-selected Ptn (n≤11) on glassy carbon electrodes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 3073-3086 (2013).