@article{35f3c4ea91b44f829c3d1adab4ced78b,
title = "Polymer supported organic catalysts for O2 reduction in Li-O2 batteries",
abstract = "A novel organic catalyst has been synthesized that contains an anthraquinone moiety supported on a polymer backbone. This oxygen reduction catalyst was successfully incorporated in the cathode of Li-O2 batteries. The addition of the anthraquinone-based catalyst improved the cycleability of the Li-O2 battery when cycled in a tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether electrolyte. Computational studies coupled with a wide range of analytical techniques including differential electrochemical mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedence spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to interrogate the Li-O2 battery with and without the organic catalyst present. This study suggests that organic catalysts may serve as light and inexpensive alternatives to the precious metals frequently used in Li-O2 batteries.",
keywords = "(Organic catalyst, Li-O batteries, Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR))",
author = "Wei Weng and Barile, {Christopher J.} and Peng Du and Ali Abouimrane and Assary, {Rajeev S.} and Gewirth, {Andrew A.} and Curtiss, {Larry A.} and Khalil Amine",
note = "Funding Information: Research at Argonne National Laboratory was funded by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies. Argonne National Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by UChicago Argonne, LLC, under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. The authors also acknowledge the use of the Advanced Photon Source and Electron Microscopy Center of Argonne National Laboratory supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. C. J. B. acknowledges a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF DGE-1144245) and a Springborn Fellowship. Center for Electrical Energy Storage: Tailored Interfaces, an Energy Frontier Research Center, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.027",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "119",
pages = "138--143",
journal = "Electrochimica Acta",
issn = "0013-4686",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
}