Establishment and practical application of the electron transfer model in lithium-air batteries

Wantang Li, Huili Hu, Haihao Shi, Xiangguo Teng, Venkataraman Thangadurai, Yongming Zhu*

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Abstract

The electron transfer failure model is proposed to analyze the effects of discharge products on the air electrode performance in lithium-air batteries. In order to understand how the air electrode products are obtained during the discharge cycle, three kinds of carbon-based air electrode are constructed, and discharged products are analyzed by powder XRD and SEM techniques. It can be concluded that the air electrode is covered with the products, indicating that the discharge products closely depended on the surface states of carbon materials. EIS studies show that the value of Rct value changes due to the deposition of discharge products on carbon materials. Finally, all present studies show that the air electrode failure is mainly caused by the difficulty of charge transfer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)743-752
Number of pages10
JournalIonics
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Atmospheric ambient
  • Carbon materials
  • Cathode invalid model
  • Lithium-air batteries

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