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Frontispiece: 1,2‐Dimethoxyethane Degradation Thermodynamics in Li−O 2 Redox Environments
Author(s) -
Carboni Marco,
Marrani Andrea Giacomo,
Spezia Riccardo,
Brutti Sergio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201684862
Subject(s) - dimethoxyethane , redox , chemistry , solvent , electrolyte , thermodynamics , computational chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , electrode , physics
Ether Stability in Li−O 2 Batteries The development of reliable and long‐lasting Li−O 2 batteries requires the mitigation of the complex parasitic chemistry that occurs upon cycling. The key initiator of the parasitic reactivity in nonaqueous Li−O 2 cells is the superoxide anion O 2 − , which is unavoidably formed upon reduction. To pave the way for a rational design of new solvent molecules, the thermodynamics of 1,2‐dimethoxyethane, a model solvent commonly used in electrolytes for Li−O 2 rechargeable batteries, were modeled in Li−O 2 redox environments with density functional calculations, as reported by R. Spezia, S. Brutti et al. in their Full Paper on page 17188 ff.