LigO2 and LigS batteries with high energy storage

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Bruce, Peter G ^a   Freunberger, Stefan A ^a   Hardwick, Laurence J ^a,c   Tarascon, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS RS2E FR 3459   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY STORAGE; IONS; LITHIUM; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EXTENDED-RANGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES; NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 83655183076     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3191     Document Type: Review

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