Direct detection of discharge products in lithium-oxygen batteries by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Michal Leskes; Nicholas E Drewett; Laurence J Hardwick; Peter G Bruce; Gillian R Goward; Clare P Grey

doi:10.1002/anie.201202183

Direct detection of discharge products in lithium-oxygen batteries by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Aug 20;51(34):8560-3. doi: 10.1002/anie.201202183. Epub 2012 Jul 11.

Authors

Michal Leskes¹, Nicholas E Drewett, Laurence J Hardwick, Peter G Bruce, Gillian R Goward, Clare P Grey

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.

PMID: 22786802
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202183

Abstract

A closer look: Solid-state (7) Li and (17) O NMR spectroscopy is a valuable tool in the characterization of products formed in the lithium-oxygen battery, a necessary step in the development of a viable cell. Since lithium peroxide, the desired discharge product, has a unique (17) O NMR signature, it can be clearly identified.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electric Power Supplies*
Electrochemistry
Lithium / chemistry*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
Oxygen / chemistry*

Substances

Lithium
Oxygen

Grants and funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom