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LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES:
WISHFUL THINKING OR REALITY?
Jacob Jorne
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York 14627
USA
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Rochester in the summer
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Rochester in the winter…
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Li-Air Battery • The promise and the reality
• Various types of Li-Air batteries
• Flow Li-Air battery
• Air cathode: ORR and OER
• Li peroxide Li2O2: nonconductive solid
• SEI spontaneous and artificial
• Li metal: dendrites
• Charge discharge asymmetry: low efficiency
• Solvent for Li-air battery
• Current R&D efforts
• Conclusions
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Ragone plot
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Theoretical and practical energy densities of various types
of rechargeable battery.
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Lithium-Air Battery
Major Challenge:
Lithium and air
do not “mix”
Like
oil and vinegar
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Lithium-Air Battery
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Possible Reactions:
• Lithium peroxide:
2Li + O2 => Li2O2 E0=2.96 V
• Lithium superoxide:
4Li + O2 => 2Li2O E0=2.91 V
Powder X-ray diffraction shows that Li2O2 is
formed during charge and decomposed to
O2+Li++e during discharge.
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Zinc Air Battery
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Four types of Li-air battery.
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Lithium Flow Battery (MIT)
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Solid state reduction: ZnO to Zn at RDE
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Limiting current for solid state ZnO reduction
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
-700 -500 -300 -100
E (mV)
i (m
A)
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Levich plot for ZnO solid state reduction
12
10
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kQ
x 1
016 [(A
/cm
2)/
(part
icle
s/c
m3)]
18161412108
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[(rad/s)1/2
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Least square fit : a = -6.8 ± 0.8 b = 0.90 ± 0.07
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Partially reduced ZnO particles
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Nonaqueous: Cathode
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Schematic representation of the air cathode and proposed
chemistry at the air cathode.
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(A) flooded cathode, (B) dry cathode,
and (C) wetted cathode
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Lead Acid Battery
Pb(s)/PbSO4(s)/H2SO4/PbO2(s)/P
b
Its success is due to the
conductive PbO2
98.4% oxygen vacancies
N-type semiconductor Eg~0.2eV
PbO2(s)+HSO4-=PbSO4(s)+H++e-
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Hybrid
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aqueous Li/air with two cathodes (27)
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three and two phase systems in (A) aqueous electrolyte
and (B) non-aqueous electrolyte, respectively.
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Oxygen Reduction mechanisms
• Li+ + e- => LiO2 3.00 V
• Li+ + e- + LiO2 => Li2O2 2.96 V
• 2Li+ + e- + Li2O2 => 2Li2O 2.91 V
• 2LiO2 => Li2O2 + O2 (chem. Rxn)
• Oxygen reduction reaction: O2-, O22-, O2-
• Irreversible electrochemical reactions.
• High polarization for oxygen evolution.
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Schematic illustration of pore filling during discharge. The
growing Li2O2 layer leads to cathode passivation by electrical isolation
(top right) and pore blocking (bottom right).
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Bulk Li2O2 and Li2O.
Li (grey) and O (black).
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Crystal structure of Li2O2, illustrated using a 2 ! 2 ! 1
expansion of the unit cell. Large green atoms are lithium, and small red
atoms are oxygen. Polyhedra indicate the trigonal prismatic and
octahedral coordination of the two unique Li sites.
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Possible discharge mechanisms for a Li-air cell.
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Proposed two-stage recharge mechanism for a Li-air cell.
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Li2O2 super cell (4x4x2) doped with 1.6% Si atoms (green)
Li (blue) O (red) to improve conductivity
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Conductive facets of Li2O2
The existence of facile pathways for electron transport
along Li2O2 surfaces and the absence of the same in
Li2O may explain observations of electrochemical reversibility
in systems where Li2O2 is the discharge product and the
irreversibility of systems that discharge to Li2O.
electron transport through well-connected Li2O2 particles may not significantly hinder performance in Li−oxygen cells.
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Lithium Peroxide Surfaces Are Metallic,
While Lithium Oxide Surfaces Are Not.
Radin et al. JACS 2012
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Spontaneous and Artificial SEI
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Illustration of differences in SEI formation and evolution on
the surfaces of (a) graphite and (b) metal (Li or Li-alloys).
Reproduced from reference 85
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A description of the morphology and failure mechanisms of lithium
electrodes during Li deposition and dissolution, and relevant AFM
images
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Li-polymer Dendrites: Minimum elastic
modulus and mechanical strength. Silica
nanoparticles. Monroe, U. Michigan
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Schematic operation proposed for the rechargeable
aprotic Li-air battery. During discharge, the spontaneous electrochemical
reaction 2LiþO2fLi2O2 generates a voltage of 2.96 Vat
equilibrium (but practically somewhat less due to overpotentials).
During charge, an applied voltage larger than 2.96 V (∼4 V is
required due to overpotentials) drives the reverse electrochemical
reaction Li2O2 f 2Li þ O2.
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A single measured discharge-charge cycle for an aprotic
Li-O2 cell (based on SP carbon) operated at ∼0.1 mA/cm2 current
density.
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Solvents for Li-Air Battery
• Carbonate solvents are attacked by
oxygen radicals during discharge leading
to Li2CO3 and lithium alkylcarbonates RO-
(C=O)-o-Li instead of Li2O2.
• Di-Methoxy Ethane (DME): poor cycling.
• Glyme-based electrolyte: tetra (ethylene
glycol dimethyl ether: promising.
• Polymer electrolyte: PEO+ =LiCF3SO3
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The interaction of propylene carbonate with lithium ions
(white) and oxygen near a surface of Lithium-peroxide
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molecular dynamics calculation of silane-based polyether with a lithium
hexafluorophosphate salt. Kah Chun Lau, ANL.
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R&D Efforts • - AIST
• - Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• - Fudan University
• - Hanyang University
• - IBM
• - Korea Institute of Energy Research
• - Kyushu University
• - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• - Mie University
• - Newcastle University
• - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• - Polyplus Battery Company
• - Samsung Elecronics (Samsung Advanced Institute Technology)
• - Seoul National University
• - Toyota
• - US Army Research Lab.
• - University of Dayton Research Institute
• - University of Rome La Sapienza
• - University of St. Andrews
• - University of Texas at Austin
• - University of Waterloo
• - and many more…
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IBM’s Battery 500 Technology
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POLYPLUS
• 2Li + 1/2O2 + H2O -> 2LiOH 5,000Wh/kg
• 2Li +O2 -> Li2O2 11,000Wh/Kg
• Use Li protection LiPON solid electrolyte
• Problems: Brittle, cracks.
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Schematic of EDF’s rechargeable aqueous Li/air cell.
Reproduced from reference 129.
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Cross section of PolyPlus’ aqueous Li/air cell.
Reproduced from reference 84.
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Schematic of a sealed test cell used by Zhang et al. for
ambient operation of Li/air. Reproduced from reference 149
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Something from Nathing (porosity and vacancy)
Porous oxygen-deficient oxide catalyst for Li-Air Battery
Oh, Nazar et al. Nature Chem. 4, 1004-7 (2012)
Catalyst: Pb2+2[Ru1.6Pb4+
0.4]O6.5
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Limiting factors that affect the overall performance of
lithium–oxygen batteries.
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Trends in oxygen reduction activity (defi ned in the text) plotted
as a function of the oxygen binding energy
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Performance of lab scale aqueous Li-air battery
showing 10 complete discharge/charge cycles with a
potential
gap of ca. 0.3 V. 28
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Challenges
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Two wrongs do not make it
right… In Math:
(-) X (-) = (+)
But not in Li-Air:
(Li dendrites) X (O2 electrode) ≠ (success)
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Why jump to Li-Air ?
• Try first Lithium Ion – Air.
• One “mountain” at a time.
• It is easier to sell a great dream than a
good dream…
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Summary • Li-Air could be the ultimate battery.
• However, tremendous materials and engineering hurdles.
• Waiting for MAJOR discoveries.
• Concentrate on materials, solvents, polymers rather than on cell design.
• Solid Li2O2: conductive? Where to store?
• Asymmetric charge-discharge: Low efficiency.
• Major decision: All aprotic vs. hybrid aprotic- water
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In the running…
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Keep Hope Alive Future wishful thought:
All-Electric cars with 400 miles range
No local CO2 emission, no pollution
The bad news:
Electrochemistry will be out of business...
The good news:
It will take a while…
Thank you.