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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Oct 14;7(40):22638-43. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b07414. Epub 2015 Sep 30.

Interphase Evolution of a Lithium-Ion/Oxygen Battery.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Dominic Bresser, Jakub Reiter, Philipp Oberhumer, Yang-Kook Sun, Bruno Scrosati, Stefano Passerini, Jusef Hassoun

Affiliations

  1. Chemistry Department, University of Rome-La Sapienza , Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  2. Electrochemistry I, Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstrasse 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
  3. Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) , P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  4. INAC/SPRAM/PCI, CEA Grenoble, UMR-5819, CEA-CNRS-UJF, 17 Rue de Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
  5. BMW Group, Petuelring 130, 80788 Munich, Germany.
  6. Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, South Korea.
  7. Elettrochimica ed Energia, 00199 Rome, Italy.
  8. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara , Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 26389522 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07414

Abstract

A novel lithium-ion/oxygen battery employing Pyr14TFSI-LiTFSI as the electrolyte and nanostructured LixSn-C as the anode is reported. The remarkable energy content of the oxygen cathode, the replacement of the lithium metal anode by a nanostructured stable lithium-alloying composite, and the concomitant use of nonflammable ionic liquid-based electrolyte result in a new and intrinsically safer energy storage system. The lithium-ion/oxygen battery delivers a stable capacity of 500 mAh g(-1) at a working voltage of 2.4 V with a low charge-discharge polarization. However, further characterization of this new system by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy reveals the progressive decrease of the battery working voltage, because of the crossover of oxygen through the electrolyte and its direct reaction with the LixSn-C anode.

Keywords: Li/O2; high efficiency; ionic liquid electrolyte; lithium-ion battery; safety

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