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The FINANCIAL Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, is making significant progress in the development of stable and practical electrolytes for lithium-oxygen batteries.
The lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery (or lithium-air battery), consisting of Li-metal and a porous conductive framework as its electrode’s releases energy from the reaction of oxygen from the air and lithium. The technology is in its infancy, but in theory could provide much greater energy storage than the conventional lithium-ion battery.
In a paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, Professor Laurence Hardwick from the University of Liverpool’s Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy (SIRE) and colleagues meticulously characterised and developed electrolyte formulations that significantly minimises side reactions within the battery to enable improved longer cycle stability, University of Liverpool
A Big Step Toward Creating the Next Generation of Rechargeable Batteries
Written by AZoCleantechMay 7 2021
Researchers have taken a crucial stride toward making next-generation rechargeable batteries, which will substitute present energy storage technology if successful.
Dr Pooja Goddard. Image Credit: Loughborough University.
Scientists from Loughborough University and the University of Liverpool have been collaborating with the British company Johnson Matthey a pioneer in sustainable technologies to enhance the lithium-oxygen (Li-O
2) battery performance.
A new study published by the researchers in the
Advanced Functional Materials journal describes a combination of materials developed by them, which are stable with a Li metal anode the cell’s negative part.
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The stability and performance of lithium-oxygen batteries look set to be vastly improved with a tailored electrolyte that could herald the next generation of rechargeable batteries.
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This is the claim of scientists led by Liverpool University, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, who have designed a blend of materials that are stable with the Li metal anode of lithium-oxygen batteries.
The lithium-oxygen (Li-O
2) battery (or lithium-air battery), consisting of Li-metal and a porous conductive framework as its electrodes, releases energy from the reaction of oxygen from the air and lithium. The burgeoning technology has the potential to provide much greater energy storage than a conventional lithium-ion battery.