Soluble redox catalysts to enhance and relocate oxygen reduction and evolution in the lithium-air battery
Soluble redox catalysts to enhance and relocate oxygen reduction and evolution in the lithium-air battery
Electrochemical oxygen reduction in a non-aqueous electrolyte often results in the deposition of an insoluble product on the electrode surface, thereby blocking access of oxygen to the surface for continued reaction. In the presence of a suitable redox shuttle such as viologen, oxygen reduction can occur homogeneously in solution near the air interface. This has the effect of displacing the oxygen reduction reaction some distance away from the electrode surface, which remains active to regenerate the reduced form of the shuttle. A further possibility is mediation of the oxygen reduction reaction in order to favour the formation of lithium peroxide rather than radical products that may degrade the electrolyte. Given a suitable shuttle reagent, this scheme may have several potential advantages, for example:
Avoidance of electrode passivation by insoluble lithium oxides
An increased, chemical driving force for oxygen adsorption into the electrolyte
Increased mass transfer to the electrode surface
Enhanced kinetics of lithium peroxide formation
Minimisation of side reactions that may degrade the electrolyte
Garcia-Araez, Nuria
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Frith, James T.
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Yang, L.
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Lodge, A.
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Richardson, W.
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Owen, John R.
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14 July 2014
Garcia-Araez, Nuria
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Frith, James T.
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Yang, L.
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Lodge, A.
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Richardson, W.
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Owen, John R.
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Garcia-Araez, Nuria, Frith, James T., Yang, L., Lodge, A., Richardson, W. and Owen, John R.
(2014)
Soluble redox catalysts to enhance and relocate oxygen reduction and evolution in the lithium-air battery.
XXXV Meeting of Electrochemistry of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Burgos, Spain.
13 - 15 Jul 2014.
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Electrochemical oxygen reduction in a non-aqueous electrolyte often results in the deposition of an insoluble product on the electrode surface, thereby blocking access of oxygen to the surface for continued reaction. In the presence of a suitable redox shuttle such as viologen, oxygen reduction can occur homogeneously in solution near the air interface. This has the effect of displacing the oxygen reduction reaction some distance away from the electrode surface, which remains active to regenerate the reduced form of the shuttle. A further possibility is mediation of the oxygen reduction reaction in order to favour the formation of lithium peroxide rather than radical products that may degrade the electrolyte. Given a suitable shuttle reagent, this scheme may have several potential advantages, for example:
Avoidance of electrode passivation by insoluble lithium oxides
An increased, chemical driving force for oxygen adsorption into the electrolyte
Increased mass transfer to the electrode surface
Enhanced kinetics of lithium peroxide formation
Minimisation of side reactions that may degrade the electrolyte
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Published date: 14 July 2014
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XXXV Meeting of Electrochemistry of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Burgos, Spain, 2014-07-13 - 2014-07-15
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