Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Multistaged discharge constructing heterostructure with enhanced solid-solution behavior for long-life lithium-oxygen batteries

  • Shu-Mao Xu,
  • Xiao Liang,
  • Xue-Yan Wu,
  • Shen-Long Zhao,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Kai-Xue Wang,
  • Jie-Sheng Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13712-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Li–O2 batteries suffer from poor charge transport in the insulating discharge products. Here the authors tackle the issue by pre-depositing a K2CO3 layer and then using this to grow Li2O2 film on top, enabling enhanced electronic conduction properties and improved overall performance.