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Batteries: Avoiding oxygen

Nature Energy volume 1, Article number: 16115 (2016) Cite this article

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In the development of lithium–air batteries, managing the phase change between gaseous oxygen and crystalline lithium peroxide is a key challenge. Now, a high-performing sealed battery with an oxygen anion-redox electrode is presented that does not involve any gas evolution.

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Figure 1: Operation mechanism of the sealed Li-ion cell.

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Hardwick, L. Batteries: Avoiding oxygen. Nat Energy 1, 16115 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.115

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