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30 December 2015

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A. Y. TesioD. BlasiM. Olivares-MarínI. Ratera,* D. Tonti* and   J. Veciana, Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 17623-17626, DOI: 10.1039/C5CC07242E

We examine for the first time the ability of inert carbon free-radicals as soluble redox mediators to catalyze and enhance the oxygen reduction reaction in a (TEGDME)-based electrolyte. We demonstrate that the tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radical is capable of chemically favoring the oxygen reduction reaction improving significantly the Li–O2 battery performance.


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Organic radicals for the enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction in Li–O_sub2sub_ batteries