Li-air batteries having ether-based electrolytes

Amine, Khalil; Curtiss, Larry A; Lu, Jun; Lau, Kah Chun; Zhang, Zhengcheng; Sun, Yang-Kook

Li-air batteries having ether-based electrolytes

Patent · 02 March 2015

OSTI ID:1171696

Amine, Khalil; Curtiss, Larry A; Lu, Jun; Lau, Kah Chun; Zhang, Zhengcheng; Sun, Yang-Kook

A lithium-air battery includes a cathode including a porous active carbon material, a separator, an anode including lithium, and an electrolyte including a lithium salt and polyalkylene glycol ether, where the porous active carbon material is free of a metal-based catalyst.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Assignee:: Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 8,968,941

Application Number:: 13/411,841

OSTI ID:: 1171696

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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