A review of high energy density lithium–air battery technology

Rahman, Asma; Wang, Xiaojian; Wen, Cuié

doi:10.1007/s10800-013-0620-8

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“…Li-O 2 batteries based on non-aqueous electrolytes have been widely investigated because of their rechargeability and potential cycle performance89101112131415161718. However, these batteries face critical challenges for operation in air due to the influences of moisture and carbon dioxide in air, exhausting of the liquid electrolyte in open cells, attacks of peroxide or superoxide on the electrolyte and carbon, sluggish kinetics for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) and oxygen evolution reactions (OER) at room temperature, as well as dendrite formation of lithium on the anode side.…”

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A Rechargeable Li-Air Fuel Cell Battery Based on Garnet Solid Electrolytes

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Zhao

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Non-aqueous Li-air batteries have been intensively studied in the past few years for their theoretically super-high energy density. However, they cannot operate properly in real air because they contain highly unstable and volatile electrolytes. Here, we report the fabrication of solid-state Li-air batteries using garnet (i.e., Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12, LLZTO) ceramic disks with high density and ionic conductivity as the electrolytes and composite cathodes consisting of garnet powder, Li salts (LiTFSI) and active carbon. These batteries run in real air based on the formation and decomposition at least partially of Li2CO3. Batteries with LiTFSI mixed with polyimide (PI:LiTFSI) as a binder show rechargeability at 200 °C with a specific capacity of 2184 mAh g−1carbon at 20 μA cm−2. Replacement of PI:LiTFSI with LiTFSI dissolved in polypropylene carbonate (PPC:LiTFSI) reduces interfacial resistance, and the resulting batteries show a greatly increased discharge capacity of approximately 20300 mAh g−1carbon and cycle 50 times while maintaining a cutoff capacity of 1000 mAh g−1carbon at 20 μA cm−2 and 80 °C. These results demonstrate that the use of LLZTO ceramic electrolytes enables operation of the Li-air battery in real air at medium temperatures, leading to a novel type of Li-air fuel cell battery for energy storage.

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A Rechargeable Li-Air Fuel Cell Battery Based on Garnet Solid Electrolytes

Sun

Zhao

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“…In this respect, lithiumion batteries have been used in portable electronic devices for almost two decades, but their energy density (150e250 Wh kg À1 , on cell level) is limited to be used in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage applications [5]. Recently, lithium-air batteries (LABs) have gained increasing attention as alternate power source for the future owing to their high specific energy density (1000e1500 Wh kg À1 , on cell level) that is much greater than that of lithium-ion batteries [6,7]. In general, LABs have a lithium anode, an air cathode and a separator between the anode and carbon-based air cathode.…”

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Monodisperse MPd (M: Co, Ni, Cu) alloy nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide as cathode catalysts for the lithium-air battery

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Şener

Metin

2015

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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“…The increasing demand for high-energy storage devices in electric vehicles (EVs), smart grids, and electronic equipment applications has generated interest in Li-air batteries as a promising next-generation battery [1][2][3][4]. Li-air batteries can deliver extremely high theoretical energy densities of ∼3500 Wh/kg, which far exceed the densities delivered by conventional secondary batteries [5].…”

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