Integrating a redox-coupled dye-sensitized photoelectrode into a lithium-oxygen battery for photoassisted charging

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yu, Mingzhe ^a   Ren, Xiaodi ^a   Ma, Lu ^a   Wu, Yiying ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; ELECTROLYTE; IODIDE; LITHIUM; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CELL; LITHIUM; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84923360625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6111     Document Type: Article

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