A metal-free, lithium-ion oxygen battery: a step forward to safety in lithium-air batteries.

Hassoun, Jusef; Jung, Hun-Gi; Lee, Dong-Ju; Park, Jin-Bum; Amine, Khalil; Sun, Yang-Kook; Scrosati, Bruno · Nano Lett · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A preliminary study of the behavior of lithium-ion-air battery where the common, unsafe lithium metal anode is replaced by a lithiated silicon-carbon composite, is reported. The results, based on X-ray diffraction and galvanostatic charge-discharge analyses, demonstrate the basic reversibility of the electrochemical process of the battery that can be promisingly cycled with a rather high specific capacity.