Advances in understanding mechanisms underpinning lithium-air batteries

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Aurbach, Doron ^a   McCloskey, Bryan D ^b,c   Nazar, Linda F ^d   Bruce, Peter G ^e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; O2 REDUCTION; PARASITIC REACTION; REVERSE PROCESS; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES;

EID: 85017393062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.128     Document Type: Review

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