Nanostructured metal carbides for aprotic Li-O2 batteries: New insights into interfacial reactions and cathode stability

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2252-2258

  Kundu, Dipan ^a   Black, Robert ^a   Adams, Brian ^a   Harrison, Katharine ^b   Zavadil, Kevin ^b   Nazar, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

aprotic media; lithium air; online mass spectrometry; oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CARBON; CATHODES; CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

APROTIC MEDIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARGE; LITHIUM PEROXIDES; METALLIC CARBIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; ONLINE MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN REDUCTION; REVERSIBLE REACTION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84934968914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00721     Document Type: Article

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