Nanostructuring one-dimensional and amorphous lithium peroxide for high round-trip efficiency in lithium-oxygen batteries

Arghya Dutta; Raymond A. Wong; Woonghyeon Park; Keisuke Yamanaka; Toshiaki Ohta; Yousung Jung; Hye Ryung Byon

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02727-2

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Nanostructuring one-dimensional and amorphous lithium peroxide for high round-trip efficiency in lithium-oxygen batteries

Arghya Dutta,
Raymond A. Wong,
Woonghyeon Park,
Keisuke Yamanaka,
Toshiaki Ohta,
Yousung Jung,
Hye Ryung Byon

Affiliations

Arghya Dutta: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Raymond A. Wong: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Woonghyeon Park: Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), KAIST
Keisuke Yamanaka: Synchrotron Radiation (SR) Center, Ritsumeikan University
Toshiaki Ohta: Synchrotron Radiation (SR) Center, Ritsumeikan University
Yousung Jung: Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), KAIST
Hye Ryung Byon: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02727-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While lithium-oxygen batteries offer a green method to power vehicles, the sluggish decomposition of lithium peroxide limits device performance. Here, the authors direct lithium peroxide formation into amorphous nanostructures to enable its facile decomposition and improve charging efficiency.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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