Lithium batteries for aerospace applications: 2003 Mars Exploration Rover

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 119-121, Issue , 2003, Pages 906-910

  Ratnakumar, B V ^a   Smart, M C ^a   Kindler, A ^a   Frank, H ^a   Ewell, R ^a   Surampudi, S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars Exploration Rover; Mars Pathfinder; Martian rocks

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LIFE CYCLE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

ENERGY DENSITY; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 0038685937     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00220-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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