New Insights into the Instability of Discharge Products in Na-O2 Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 31, 2016, Pages 20120-20127

  Landa Medrano, Imanol ^a   Pinedo, Ricardo ^b   Bi, Xuanxuan ^c,d   Ruiz De Larramendi, Idoia ^a   Lezama, Luis ^a   Janek, Jürgen ^b   Amine, Khalil ^c   Lu, Jun ^c   Rojo, Teófilo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CIC ENERGIGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

discharge stability; Na O2 batteries

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROLYTES; OXYGEN; SODIUM;

CELL EFFICIENCY; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DISCHARGE STABILITY; ENERGY DENSITY; EVOLUTION OF OXYGEN; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; OPERATIONAL STABILITY; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS;

STABILITY;

EID: 84981333795     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06577     Document Type: Article

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