Crystal Structure and Electrochemical Behavior of Li2CuP: A Surprising Reversible Crystalline-Amorphous Transformation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 4890-4892

  Crosnier, O ^a   Mounsey, C ^a   Subramanya Herle, P ^a   Taylor, N ^a   Nazar, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER TRANSITION; QUASI-AMORPHOUS PHASES;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPPER COMPLEX; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; METAL COMPLEX; METAL PHOSPHIDE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0346788614     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm034619m     Document Type: Article

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