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Full Energy Range Resonant Inelastic X‑ray Scattering of O2 and CO2: Direct Comparison with Oxygen Redox State in Batteries
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-19, 12:39 authored by Zengqing Zhuo, Yi-sheng Liu, Jinghua Guo, Yi-de Chuang, Feng Pan, Wanli YangThe
evolving oxygen state plays key roles in the performance and
stability of high-energy batteries involving oxygen redox reactions.
Here, high-efficiency full energy range O-K mapping
of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (mRIXS) was collected from
O2 (O0) and CO2 (O2– with strong covalency) molecules and compared directly with Li2O2 (O–) and the oxidized oxygen
state in representative Na/Li-ion battery electrodes. Our results
confirm again that the critical mRIXS feature around the 523.7 eV
emission energy is from intrinsically oxidized oxygen, but not from
the highly covalent oxygen state (CO2). The comparison
of the mRIXS profile of the four different oxygen states, i.e., O2–, O–, On– (0 < n < 2), and O0, reveals that
oxygen redox states in batteries have distinct widths and positions
along the excitation energy compared with Li2O2 and O2. The nature of the oxidized oxygen state in oxide
electrodes is thus beyond a simple molecular configuration of either
peroxide or O2.