Discharge and Charge Reaction Paths in Sodium-Oxygen Batteries: Does NaO2 Form by Direct Electrochemical Growth or by Precipitation from Solution?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 22778-22786

  Hartmann, Pascal ^c   Heinemann, Markus ^a   Bender, Conrad L ^a   Graf, Katja ^c   Baumann, Roelf Peter ^c   Adelhelm, Philipp ^d   Heiliger, Christian ^a   Janek, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METAL IONS; OXYGEN;

CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL FORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; SOLUTION PRECIPITATION; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS; THREE ELECTRODE CELLS;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84943803672     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06007     Document Type: Article

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