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Title: A Comparative Study of Redox Mediators for Improved Performance of Li-Oxygen Batteries.

Journal Article · · Advanced Energy Materials
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Redox meditators (RMs) are soluble catalysts located in an electrolyte that can improve the energy efficiency (reduced overpotential) and cyclability of Li-oxygen (Li-O-2) batteries. In this work, 20 RMs within a Li-O-2 system with dimethyl sulfoxide and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether electrolytes are studied and their electrochemical features such as redox potential, the separation of cathodic and anodic peaks, and their current intensities are measured using cyclic voltammetry (CV) experiments. Six RMs are selected as "primary" choices based on their electrochemical performance, and stability tests are then performed to examine their electrochemical responses after consecutive cycles. Moreover, galvanostatic cycling tests are performed within a Li-O-2 battery system assembled with selected six RMs for real case consistency investigations. It is found that results from CV to galvanostatic cycling tests are consistent for halides and organometallic RMs, where the former exhibit much higher stability. However, the organic RMs show high reversibility in CV but low in battery cycling results. Density functional theory calculations are carried out to gain more understanding of the stability and redox potentials of the RMs. This study provides comparative information to select the most reliable RMs for Li-O-2 batteries along with new fundamental understanding of their electrochemical activity and stability.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Vehicle Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1765983
Journal Information:
Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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