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Lithium–oxygen batteries

The reaction mechanism revealed

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Using in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy, the structural and phase changes of the reaction products of an air cathode during discharging and charging can be visualized in real time.

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Figure 1: Reaction products of a Li−O2 cell.

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  1. Yang-Kook Sun is in the Department of Energy Engineering at Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Republic of Korea,

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  2. Chong S. Yoon is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Republic of Korea,

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Sun, YK., Yoon, C. The reaction mechanism revealed. Nature Nanotech 12, 503–504 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.40

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