EQCM study of oxygen cathodes in DMSO LiPF6 electrolyte

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) inDMSOcontaining LiPF6 has been studied with the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) during galvanostatic cathodic and anodic pulses, chronoamperometry and cyclic voltammetry experiments. We disclose here for the first time gravimetric evidence with...

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Authors: Torres, Walter Ramon, Cantoni, Leonardo Andrés, Tesio, Alvaro Yamil, del Pozo, María Lila de Jesus Belen, Calvo, Ernesto Julio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/40549
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/40549
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Litio
Oxigeno
Eqcm
Dmso
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Summary:The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) inDMSOcontaining LiPF6 has been studied with the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) during galvanostatic cathodic and anodic pulses, chronoamperometry and cyclic voltammetry experiments. We disclose here for the first time gravimetric evidence with the EQCM of the different mechanistic models that apply to the ORR in LiPF6/DMSO electrolyte: (i) Surface electrochemical/chemical deposition of Li2O2(s) and (ii) solution phase disproportion of LiO2(soln) yields large Li2O2 particles.The mass per electron detected with the EQCM depends on the respective current rates and thus on the mechanisms, i.e. 23 g/F for the formation of Li2O2 thin film at high current density and much larger values forlow current density due to solvent co-deposition and further degradation.