NATURE ENERGY-SOLID OXYGEN BATTERY

ANION-REDOX NANOLITHIA CATHODES FOR LI-ION BATTERIES

Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin, Lu Qi, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu & Ju Li
1.Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin & Ju Li
2.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin & Ju Li
3.College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Lu Qi
4.Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
Khalil Amine & Jun Lu
DOI:10.1038/nenergy.2016.111
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A cobalt oxide confined nanolithia cathode allows charge and discharge without generating any gas molecules. This new material is also self-protected from overcharging by the cycling reaction of self-generated radical species.