Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(18), p. 10774-10780, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07145c
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The generation of reactive oxygen species has been assumed to occur during the charging reaction of lithium-oxygen batteries with organic electrolytes. Here we show independently by fluorescence microscopy and scanning electrochemical microscopy that superoxide is also formed and released into the solution during the discharge reaction.