Investigation of the Cathode-Catalyst-Electrolyte Interface in Aprotic Li-O2 Batteries

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5305-5313

  Schroeder, Marshall A ^a   Pearse, Alexander J ^a   Kozen, Alexander C ^a   Chen, Xinyi ^c   Gregorczyk, Keith ^a   Han, Xiaogang ^a   Cao, Anyuan ^d   Hu, Liangbing ^a   Lee, Sang Bok ^b   Rubloff, Gary W ^a   Noked, Malachi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL STABILIZATION; CONFORMAL DEPOSITION; CYCLING STABILITY; ELECTROLYTE DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES;

EID: 84939165304     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01605     Document Type: Article

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