Abstract:
Provided is a metal-air battery including a cathode having an air path. The metal-air battery includes a plurality of folded cells stacked in a direction, and each of the folded cells includes: an anode having a U-shape defined by first and second portions separated from and parallel to each other, and a side portion which connects the first and the second portions to each other; an anode protection film arranged on an inner surface of the anode; and a first cathode and a second cathode on the anode protection film, the first cathode and the second cathode arranged facing each other between the first portion and the second portion of the anode. The first cathode and the second cathode each includes a base which contacts the anode protection film, and a plurality of protrusion units extended from the base.
Abstract:
A positive electrode for a lithium battery includes a lithium salt, a carbonaceous material, and a coating on a surface of the carbonaceous material, the coating including a polymer electrolyte including a hydrophilic material and a hydrophobic material, wherein a portion of the polymer electrolyte is anchored to the surface of the carbonaceous material by a chemical bond.
Abstract:
An electrolyte for a lithium air battery includes a compound represented by Formula 1 wherein the definitions of A and R1-R10 are disclosed herein. Also a lithium air battery including an anode, a cathode, and at least one selected from the herein-described electrolyte and a reaction product thereof.
Abstract:
An air electrode including: a carbonaceous material having an electrolyte-philic ion-dissociative functional group coated on a surface thereof; a lithium salt; and an electrolyte, wherein the carbonaceous material has a specific surface area of about 500 m2/g or greater, and the electrolyte-philic ion-dissociative functional group is electrochemically stable in a voltage range of about 1.5 V to about 4.5 V with respect to lithium.
Abstract:
A composite solid electrolyte includes: a solid electrolyte; and a protective layer on a surface of the solid electrolyte, wherein the protective layer comprises a compound of Formula 1
LixM1yM2zOt+x/2 Formula 1
wherein in Formula 1,
M1 is an element having a Gibbs reaction energy of greater than 0 electron-volts per mole, M2 is an element of Groups 2 to 14, 0
Abstract:
A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material includes: a porous film including a metal oxide, where a porosity of the porous film is about 50 volume percent to about 95 volume percent, based on a total volume of the porous film, and an amount of an organic component in the porous film is 0 to about 2 weight percent, based on a total weight of the porous film.
Abstract:
Provided is a metal-air battery including a cathode having a space which may be filled with a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery and thus having improved energy density and lifespan. The cathode for the metal-air battery includes a plurality of cathode materials, a plurality of electrolyte films disposed on surfaces of the plurality of cathode materials, and a plurality of spaces which are not occupied by the plurality of cathode materials and the plurality of electrolyte films. A volume of the plurality of spaces may be greater than or equal to a maximum space of a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery.
Abstract:
A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material, the cathode including: a porous film, wherein the porous film includes a metal oxide, and wherein a surface of the porous film has root mean square (RMS) roughness (Rq) of about 0.01 micrometer to about 1 micrometer, and a porosity of the porous film is about 50 volume percent to about 99 volume percent, based on a total volume of the porous film.
Abstract:
A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material includes: a porous electrically conductive framework substrate; and a coating layer disposed on a surface of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate, wherein the coating layer includes at least one of a lithium-containing metal oxide or a composite including a lithium-containing metal oxide, and wherein a porosity of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate is about 70 percent to about 99 percent, based on a total volume of the cathode, and an areal resistance of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate is about 0.01 milliohms per square centimeter to about 100 milliohms per square centimeter.
Abstract:
A positive electrode includes a porous electroconductive metal oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the electroconductive metal oxide has a specific surface area of about 0.01 m2/g to about 1000 m2/g, LxRuyOx Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, L is at least one of a lanthanide element or an actinide element, and 0