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Huang, Gang
Wang, Jin

Zhang, Xin Bo

KAUST Department
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) DivisionDate
2020-11-24Submitted Date
2020-08-08Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666130
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The aprotic Li–O2 battery possessing the highest theoretical energy density, approaching that of gasoline, has been regarded as one of the most promising successors to Li-ion batteries. Before this kind of battery can become a viable technology, a series of critical issues need to be conquered, like low round-trip efficiency and short cycling lifetime, which are closely related to the continuous parasitic processes happening at the cathode and anode during cycling. With an aim to promote the practical application of Li–O2 batteries, great effort has been devoted to identify the reasons for oxygen and lithium electrodes degradation and provide guidelines to overcome them. Thus, the stability of cathode and anode has been improved a lot in the past decade, which in turn significantly boosts the electrochemical performances of Li–O2 batteries. Here, an overlook on the electrode protection in high-efficiency Li–O2 batteries is presented by providing first the challenges of electrodes facing and then the effectiveness of the existing approaches that have been proposed to alleviate these. Moreover, new battery systems and perspectives of the viable near-future strategies for rational configuration and balance of the electrodes are also pointed out. This Outlook deepens our understanding of the electrodes in Li–O2 batteries and offers opportunities for the realization of high performance and long-term durability of Li–O2 batteries.Citation
Huang, G., Wang, J., & Zhang, X. (2020). Electrode Protection in High-Efficiency Li–O2 Batteries. ACS Central Science. doi:10.1021/acscentsci.0c01069Sponsors
We are grateful for financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant 2019YFA0705704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21725103), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant XDA21010210), the Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Plan Funding Project (Grant 20180101203JC), the Changchun Science and Technology Development Plan Funding Project (Grant 19SS010), and the K. C. Wong Education Foundation (Grant GJTD-2018-09).Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS Central ScienceAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.0c01069ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acscentsci.0c01069