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Chemical Challenges that the Peroxide Dianion Presents to Rechargeable Lithium–Air Batteries

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
  2. Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
  3. Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States

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Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0021639
OSTI ID:
1977800
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 34, Issue 9; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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