A metal-free, lithium-ion oxygen battery: a step forward to safety in lithium-air batteries.
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.
Department of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, 00185, Rome, Italy. jusef.hassoun@uniroma1.it
Jusef
J
Hassoun
Hun-Gi
HG
Jung
Dong-Ju
DJ
Lee
Jin-Bum
JB
Park
Khalil
K
Amine
Yang-Kook
YK
Sun
Bruno
B
Scrosati