Oxygen-Rich Lithium Oxide Phases Formed at High Pressure for Potential Lithium-Air Battery Electrode

Overview

Journal Adv Sci (Weinh)

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2017 Sep 22

PMID 28932656

Citations 3

Authors

Wenge Yang

Duck Young Kim

Liuxiang Yang

Nana Li

Lingyun Tang

Khalil Amine

Ho-Kwang Mao

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Abstract

The lithium-air battery has great potential of achieving specific energy density comparable to that of gasoline. Several lithium oxide phases involved in the charge-discharge process greatly affect the overall performance of lithium-air batteries. One of the key issues is linked to the environmental oxygen-rich conditions during battery cycling. Here, the theoretical prediction and experimental confirmation of new stable oxygen-rich lithium oxides under high pressure conditions are reported. Three new high pressure oxide phases that form at high temperature and pressure are identified: LiO, LiO, and LiO. The LiO and LiO consist of a lithium layer sandwiched by an oxygen ring structure inherited from high pressure ε-O phase, while LiO inherits the local arrangements from ambient LiO and LiO phases. These novel lithium oxides beyond the ambient LiO, LiO, and LiO phases show great potential in improving battery design and performance in large battery applications under extreme conditions.

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