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Amanchukwu, Chibueze V; Gauthier, Magali; Batcho, Thomas P; Symister, Chanez; Shao-Horn, Yang; D’Arcy, Julio M; Hammond, Paula T
The journal of physical chemistry letters, 10/2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 19Journal Article
Lithium–air (O2) batteries have shown great promise because of their high gravimetric energy densityan order of magnitude greater than Li-ionbut challenges such as electrolyte and electrode instability have led to poor capacity retention and low cycle life. Positive electrodes such as carbon and inorganic metal oxides have been heavily explored, but the degradation of carbon and the limited surface area of the metal oxides limit their practical use. In this work, we study the electron-conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and show it can support oxygen reduction to form Li2O2 in a nonaqueous environment. We also propose a degradation mechanism and show that the formation of sulfone functionalities on the PEDOT surface and cleavage of the polymer repeat unit impairs electron conductivity and leads to poor cycling. Our findings are important in the search for new Li–O2 electrodes, and the physical insights provided are significant and timely.
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