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_id: '7302'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Understanding charge carrier transport in Li2O2, the storage material in the
non-aqueous Li-O2 battery, is key to the development of this high-energy battery.
Here, we studied ionic transport properties and Li self-diffusion in nanocrystalline
Li2O2 by conductivity and temperature variable 7Li NMR spectroscopy. Nanostructured
Li2O2, characterized by a mean crystallite size of less than 50 nm as estimated
from X-ray diffraction peak broadening, was prepared by high-energy ball milling
of microcrystalline lithium peroxide with μm sized crystallites. At room temperature
the overall conductivity σ of the microcrystalline reference sample turned out
to be very low (3.4 × 10−13 S cm−1) which is in agreement with results from temperature-variable
7Li NMR line shape measurements. Ball-milling, however, leads to an increase of
σ by approximately two orders of magnitude (1.1 × 10−10 S cm−1); correspondingly,
the activation energy decreases from 0.89 eV to 0.82 eV. The electronic contribution
σeon, however, is in the order of 9 × 10−12 S cm−1 which makes less than 10% of
the total value. Interestingly, 7Li NMR lines of nano-Li2O2 undergo pronounced
heterogeneous motional narrowing which manifests in a two-component line shape
emerging with increasing temperatures. Most likely, the enhancement in σ can be
traced back to the generation of a spin reservoir with highly mobile Li ions;
these are expected to reside in the nearest neighbourhood of defects generated
or near the structurally disordered and defect-rich interfacial regions formed
during mechanical treatment.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: A.
full_name: Dunst, A.
last_name: Dunst
- first_name: V.
full_name: Epp, V.
last_name: Epp
- first_name: I.
full_name: Hanzu, I.
last_name: Hanzu
- first_name: Stefan Alexander
full_name: Freunberger, Stefan Alexander
id: A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425
last_name: Freunberger
orcid: 0000-0003-2902-5319
- first_name: M.
full_name: Wilkening, M.
last_name: Wilkening
citation:
ama: Dunst A, Epp V, Hanzu I, Freunberger SA, Wilkening M. Short-range Li diffusion
vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline lithium peroxide Li2O2—the
discharge product in lithium-air batteries. Energy & Environmental Science.
2014;7(8):2739-2752. doi:10.1039/c4ee00496e
apa: Dunst, A., Epp, V., Hanzu, I., Freunberger, S. A., & Wilkening, M. (2014).
Short-range Li diffusion vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline lithium
peroxide Li2O2—the discharge product in lithium-air batteries. Energy &
Environmental Science. RSC. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ee00496e
chicago: Dunst, A., V. Epp, I. Hanzu, Stefan Alexander Freunberger, and M. Wilkening.
“Short-Range Li Diffusion vs. Long-Range Ionic Conduction in Nanocrystalline Lithium
Peroxide Li2O2—the Discharge Product in Lithium-Air Batteries.” Energy &
Environmental Science. RSC, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ee00496e.
ieee: A. Dunst, V. Epp, I. Hanzu, S. A. Freunberger, and M. Wilkening, “Short-range
Li diffusion vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline lithium peroxide
Li2O2—the discharge product in lithium-air batteries,” Energy & Environmental
Science, vol. 7, no. 8. RSC, pp. 2739–2752, 2014.
ista: Dunst A, Epp V, Hanzu I, Freunberger SA, Wilkening M. 2014. Short-range Li
diffusion vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline lithium peroxide
Li2O2—the discharge product in lithium-air batteries. Energy & Environmental
Science. 7(8), 2739–2752.
mla: Dunst, A., et al. “Short-Range Li Diffusion vs. Long-Range Ionic Conduction
in Nanocrystalline Lithium Peroxide Li2O2—the Discharge Product in Lithium-Air
Batteries.” Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 7, no. 8, RSC, 2014,
pp. 2739–52, doi:10.1039/c4ee00496e.
short: A. Dunst, V. Epp, I. Hanzu, S.A. Freunberger, M. Wilkening, Energy &
Environmental Science 7 (2014) 2739–2752.
date_created: 2020-01-15T12:17:43Z
date_published: 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:12:53Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1039/c4ee00496e
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 7'
issue: '8'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '08'
oa_version: Published Version
page: 2739-2752
publication: Energy & Environmental Science
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1754-5692
- 1754-5706
publication_status: published
publisher: RSC
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Short-range Li diffusion vs. long-range ionic conduction in nanocrystalline
lithium peroxide Li2O2—the discharge product in lithium-air batteries
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 7
year: '2014'
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