Sponsor
This research was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities, or NITC, a program of TREC at Portland State University.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-2014
Subjects
Electric batteries -- Design and construction, Electrochemistry, Peroxides -- Volumetric analysis, Lithium cells
Abstract
Li-air batteries are attractive candidates to be used in electric vehicles (EV) due to their high theoretical capacity, which results in an improved range, a requirement to make EV competitive against fossil fuel powered vehicles. However, Li-air battery technology is considered to be far from commercialization, due to its short lifespan. The decomposition of the electrolyte and its effect on cyclablity has been widely studied, no so much the cathode. The presence of undesirable reaction by-products at the cathode that affect the battery performance has been quantified through XRD and SEM. This work will make use of recently reported novel adaptation of titration techniques to study cathode degradation in Li-air batteries, along capacity, cyclability, and EIS studies, to characterize the effect of different carbon materials used as cathodes in Li-air batteries.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16949
Recommended Citation
Garibay, Claudia Torres, and Jeremiah Deboever. Li-Air Batteries Characterization Influence of Cathode Degradation: Demonstration of Progress. SPR 735 NITC-SS-735. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2014
Description
This is a summary of TREC research project NITC-SS-735, which can be found online at http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/735.
The final report and supplemental files associated with this research is available at http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16948.