Organic Carbonate Solvents Lessons Learned

In contrast to the Li-ion battery, the practical considerations of aprotic electrolytes used in Li-air battery are not limited to thermal stability, ionic transport, inertness towards electrode materials, and practical electrochemical window, but also include the reversibility issue of the formation of active materials that involves the subtle electrochemical reactions between the aprotic electrolytes and the reduced O2 

A recent DFT and high-level quantum chemistry calculation by Zhang et al. [44] has been reported that considers four possible intermediates during ORR of O2, 

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