Dissolution and ionization of sodium superoxide in sodium-oxygen batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kim, Jinsoo ^a   Park, Hyeokjun ^a   Lee, Byungju ^a   Seong, Won Mo ^a   Lim, Hee Dae ^a   Bae, Youngjoon ^a   Kim, Haegyeom ^a   Kim, Won Keun ^b   Ryu, Kyoung Han ^b   Kang, Kisuk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SODIUM; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM PEROXIDE; SODIUM PEROXIDE DIHYDRATE; SODIUM SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; IONIZATION; OXIDE GROUP; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IONIZATION;

EID: 84959016834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10670     Document Type: Article

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