Coherency strain and the kinetics of phase separation in LiFePO 4 nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2215-2225

  Cogswell, Daniel A ^a   Bazant, Martin Z ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butler Volmer kinetics; coherency strain; Li ion battery; LiFePO 4; phase boundaries; phase field model; stripe morphology

Indexed keywords

BUTLER-VOLMER KINETICS; COHERENCY STRAIN; LI-ION BATTERY; LIFEPO; PHASE-FIELD MODELS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE BOUNDARIES; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY; STRAIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

KINETICS;

EID: 84859113882     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204177u     Document Type: Article

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