Enhancement of stability for lithium oxygen batteries by employing electrolytes gelled by poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-62

  Zhang, Jinqiang ^a   Sun, Bing ^a   Xie, Xiuqiang ^a   Kretschmer, Katja ^a   Wang, Guoxiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gel polymer electrolyte; Lithium oxygen battery; Poly(vinylidene fluoride co hexafluoropropylene); Stability; Tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FUELS; GELATION; GLYCOLS; IONIC CONDUCTION; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; POLYOLS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; STABILITY;

CYCLING STABILITY; GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; GELLING PROCESS; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; OPERATING WINDOWS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE); TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84945932048     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.103     Document Type: Article

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