Catalytic Behavior of Lithium Nitrate in Li-O2 Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16590-16600

  Sharon, Daniel ^a   Hirsberg, Daniel ^a   Afri, Michal ^a   Chesneau, Frederick ^b   Lavi, Ronit ^a   Frimer, Aryeh A ^a   Sun, Yang Kook ^c   Aurbach, Doron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

carbon cathodes; electrocatalysis; Li O2 batteries; oxygen evolution reactions; oxygen reduction reactions; redox mediators

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ANALYTICS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHERS; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; NEGATIVE IONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REDOX REACTIONS;

CARBON CATHODE; ELECTROCHEMICAL QUARTZ MICROBALANCE; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REDOX MEDIATORS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938629662     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04145     Document Type: Article

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