非水性Li-O2電池における電解の有効性について

Bryan D McCloskey1, Rouven Scheffler, Angela Speidel

  • 1IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120, United States. bmcclos@us.ibm.com

まとめ

研究者らは,リチウム酸素電池の伝統的なカトド電解が,主に酸素の進化ではなく,電解質の分解を触媒化したことを発見しました. これは,酸素の進化のための従来の電気触媒がこれらのシステムでは不要であるかもしれないことを示唆しています.

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