Published January 11, 2016 | Version v1
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A lithium–oxygen battery based on lithium superoxide

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Lithium–oxygen batteries allow oxygen to be reduced at the battery's cathode when a current is drawn; in present-day batteries, this results in formation of Li2O2, but it is now shown that another high energy density material, namely LiO2, with better electronic conduction can be used instead as the discharge product, if the electrode is decorated with iridium nanoparticles.

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