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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Aprotic alkali metal–oxygen batteries require reversible formation of metal
    superoxide or peroxide on cycling. Severe parasitic reactions cause poor rechargeability,
    efficiency, and cycle life and have been shown to be caused by singlet oxygen
    (1O2) that forms at all stages of cycling. However, its formation mechanism remains
    unclear. We show that disproportionation of superoxide, the product or intermediate
    on discharge and charge, to peroxide and oxygen is responsible for 1O2 formation.
    While the overall reaction is driven by the stability of peroxide and thus favored
    by stronger Lewis acidic cations such as Li+, the 1O2 fraction is enhanced by
    weak Lewis acids such as organic cations. Concurrently, the metal peroxide yield
    drops with increasing 1O2. The results explain a major parasitic pathway during
    cell cycling and the growing severity in K–, Na–, and Li–O2 cells based on the
    growing propensity for disproportionation. High capacities and rates with peroxides
    are now realized to require solution processes, which form peroxide or release
    O2via disproportionation. The results therefore establish the central dilemma
    that disproportionation is required for high capacity but also responsible for
    irreversible reactions. Highly reversible cell operation requires hence finding
    reaction routes that avoid disproportionation.
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author:
- first_name: Eléonore
  full_name: Mourad, Eléonore
  last_name: Mourad
- first_name: Yann K.
  full_name: Petit, Yann K.
  last_name: Petit
- first_name: Riccardo
  full_name: Spezia, Riccardo
  last_name: Spezia
- first_name: Aleksej
  full_name: Samojlov, Aleksej
  last_name: Samojlov
- first_name: Francesco F.
  full_name: Summa, Francesco F.
  last_name: Summa
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Prehal, Christian
  last_name: Prehal
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Leypold, Christian
  last_name: Leypold
- first_name: Nika
  full_name: Mahne, Nika
  last_name: Mahne
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Slugovc, Christian
  last_name: Slugovc
- first_name: Olivier
  full_name: Fontaine, Olivier
  last_name: Fontaine
- first_name: Sergio
  full_name: Brutti, Sergio
  last_name: Brutti
- first_name: Stefan Alexander
  full_name: Freunberger, Stefan Alexander
  id: A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425
  last_name: Freunberger
  orcid: 0000-0003-2902-5319
citation:
  ama: Mourad E, Petit YK, Spezia R, et al. Singlet oxygen from cation driven superoxide
    disproportionation and consequences for aprotic metal–O2 batteries. <i>Energy
    &#38; Environmental Science</i>. 2019;12(8):2559-2568. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e">10.1039/c9ee01453e</a>
  apa: Mourad, E., Petit, Y. K., Spezia, R., Samojlov, A., Summa, F. F., Prehal, C.,
    … Freunberger, S. A. (2019). Singlet oxygen from cation driven superoxide disproportionation
    and consequences for aprotic metal–O2 batteries. <i>Energy &#38; Environmental
    Science</i>. RSC. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e">https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e</a>
  chicago: Mourad, Eléonore, Yann K. Petit, Riccardo Spezia, Aleksej Samojlov, Francesco
    F. Summa, Christian Prehal, Christian Leypold, et al. “Singlet Oxygen from Cation
    Driven Superoxide Disproportionation and Consequences for Aprotic Metal–O2 Batteries.”
    <i>Energy &#38; Environmental Science</i>. RSC, 2019. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e">https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e</a>.
  ieee: E. Mourad <i>et al.</i>, “Singlet oxygen from cation driven superoxide disproportionation
    and consequences for aprotic metal–O2 batteries,” <i>Energy &#38; Environmental
    Science</i>, vol. 12, no. 8. RSC, pp. 2559–2568, 2019.
  ista: Mourad E, Petit YK, Spezia R, Samojlov A, Summa FF, Prehal C, Leypold C, Mahne
    N, Slugovc C, Fontaine O, Brutti S, Freunberger SA. 2019. Singlet oxygen from
    cation driven superoxide disproportionation and consequences for aprotic metal–O2
    batteries. Energy &#38; Environmental Science. 12(8), 2559–2568.
  mla: Mourad, Eléonore, et al. “Singlet Oxygen from Cation Driven Superoxide Disproportionation
    and Consequences for Aprotic Metal–O2 Batteries.” <i>Energy &#38; Environmental
    Science</i>, vol. 12, no. 8, RSC, 2019, pp. 2559–68, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01453e">10.1039/c9ee01453e</a>.
  short: E. Mourad, Y.K. Petit, R. Spezia, A. Samojlov, F.F. Summa, C. Prehal, C.
    Leypold, N. Mahne, C. Slugovc, O. Fontaine, S. Brutti, S.A. Freunberger, Energy
    &#38; Environmental Science 12 (2019) 2559–2568.
date_created: 2020-01-15T07:18:04Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:12:41Z
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