Size-dependent fracture of Si nanowire battery anodes

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1717-1730

  Ryu, Ill ^a   Choi, Jang Wook ^b   Cui, Yi ^a   Nix, William D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical size; Fracture; Large deformation; Lithiation delithiation; Strain energy release rate

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ANODES; CRITICAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DE-LITHIATION; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LITHIATION; PRE-EXISTING CRACK; SI NANOWIRE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VOLUME CHANGE;

DEFORMATION; NANOWIRES; SILICON; STRAIN RATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80051796697     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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