Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2016

Lithium-air batteries form lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 )—a solid precipitate that clogs the pores of the electrode and degrades cell performance—as part of the charge−discharge reaction process. This remains a core challenge that needs to be overcome for the viable commercialization of Li-air technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Conventional lithium-air batteries draw in oxygen from the outside air to drive a chemical reaction with the battery’s lithium during the discharging cycle, and this oxygen is then released again to the atmosphere during the reverse reaction in the charging cycle. —Zhu et al. 2016.111.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2016

This work, published in an open-access paper in ACS Central Science , provides a level of detailed understanding that can help researchers take the next steps toward bringing Li metal anodes to commercial reality. However, the Li-metal electrodes in these next-generation batteries are especially prone to forming dendrites. 6b00260.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. BEVs and PHEVs are likely to use lithium-ion batteries for the foreseeable future. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge. Several advanced battery technologies (e.g.,

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