DMSO-Li2O2 interface in the rechargeable Li-O2 battery cathode: Theoretical and experimental perspectives on stability

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11402-11411

  Schroeder, Marshall A ^a   Kumar, Nitin ^b,c   Pearse, Alexander J ^a   Liu, Chanyuan ^a   Lee, Sang Bok ^d   Rubloff, Gary W ^a   Leung, Kevin ^b   Noked, Malachi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition (ALD); density functional theory (DFT); dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); lithium oxygen battery; lithium peroxide (Li2O2)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CATHODE SURFACE; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; LITHIUM PEROXIDES; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; OPERATING CONDITION; STABLE CYCLING;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930629741     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01969     Document Type: Article

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