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Addressing Shuttle Phenomena: Anchored Redox Mediator for Sustainable Redox Mediation

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Development of Redox Mediators for High-Energy-Density and High-Efficiency Lithium-Oxygen Batteries

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Although the use of RMs is considered an effective approach to reduce the large overpotential in lithium–oxygen batteries, the mobility of RMs triggering the detrimental shuttle effect hinders the sufficient enhancement of the cyclability. In this part, the research to address shuttle effect by anchoring the RMs in polymer form and simultaneously maintaining charge-carrying property will be introduced. Exploting PTMA (2,2,6,6–tetramethyl–1–piperidinyloxy–4–yl methacrylate) as a model polymer system, it is observed that PTMA has the capability to function as a stationary RM, while preserving the redox activity. Due to the prevention of shuttle effect, the consumption of oxidized RMs or lithium anode degradation was significantly suppressed, and at the same time, the efficiency of Li2O2 decomposition by RMs remains remarkably stable, resulting in the remarkable improvement of lithium–oxygen cell performance.

The essence of this chapter has been published in Angewandte Chemie. Reproduced with permission from [Ko, Y. et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5376–5380] Copyright (2020) WILEY-VCH

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Ko, Y. (2021). Addressing Shuttle Phenomena: Anchored Redox Mediator for Sustainable Redox Mediation. In: Development of Redox Mediators for High-Energy-Density and High-Efficiency Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2532-9_4

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