Redox probing study of the potential dependence of charge transport through Li2O2

Knudsen, Kristian B.; Luntz, Alan C.; Jensen, Søren H.; Vegge, Tejs; Hjelm, Johan

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08757

Title: Redox probing study of the potential dependence of charge transport through Li₂O₂

Journal Article · Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08757· OSTI ID:1230058

Knudsen, Kristian B. ^[1]; Luntz, Alan C. ^[2]; Jensen, Søren H. ^[1]; Vegge, Tejs ^[1]; Hjelm, Johan ^[1]

Technical Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde (Denmark)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

In the field of energy storage devices the pursuit for cheap, high energy density, reliable secondary batteries is at the top of the agenda. The Li–O₂ battery is one of the possible technologies that, in theory, should be able to close the gap, which exists between the present state-of-the-art Li-ion technologies and the demand placed on batteries by technologies such as electrical vehicles. Here we present a redox probing study of the charge transfer across the main deposition product lithium peroxide, Li₂O₂, in the Li–O₂ battery using outer-sphere redox shuttles. The change in heterogeneous electron transfer exchange rate as a function of the potential and the Li₂O₂ layer thickness (~depth-of-discharge) was determined using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. In addition, the attenuation of the electron transfer exchange rate with film thickness is dependent on the probing potential, providing evidence that hole transport is the dominant process for charge transfer through Li₂O₂ and showing that the origin of the sudden death observed upon discharge is due to charge transport limitations.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: 11-116792; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1230058

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 119, Issue C; ISSN 1932-7447

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Language:: English

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