Journal article
Communications: Elementary oxygen electrode reactions in the aprotic Li-air battery
Computational Atomic-scale Materials Design, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark2
Nano-Microstructures in Materials, Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark4
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark5
We discuss the electrochemical reactions at the oxygen electrode of an aprotic Li-air battery. Using density functional theory to estimate the free energy of intermediates during the discharge and charge of the battery, we introduce a reaction free energy diagram and identify possible origins of the overpotential for both processes.
We also address the question of electron conductivity through the Li2O2 electrode and show that in the presence of Li vacancies Li2O2 becomes a conductor.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 071101 |
ISSN: | 10897690 and 00219606 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.3298994 |
ORCIDs: | Vegge, Tejs , Thygesen, Kristian Sommer , Jacobsen, Karsten Wedel and Nørskov, Jens Kehlet |