In situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical lithiation, delithiation and deformation of individual graphene nanoribbons

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3836-3844

  Liu, Xiao Hua ^a   Wang, Jiang Wei ^b   Liu, Yang ^a   Zheng, He ^b,g   Kushima, Akihiro ^c   Huang, Shan ^d   Zhu, Ting ^d   Mao, Scott X ^b   Li, Ju ^c   Zhang, Sulin ^e   Lu, Wei ^f   Tour, James M ^f   Huang, Jian Yu ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON LAYERS; DE-LITHIATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIATION; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HOOP STRESS; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; INTRA-LAYER; LITHIATION; LITHIUM OXIDES; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SHARP CONTRAST; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; WEAK COUPLINGS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; IN SITU PROCESSING; LITHIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84861602380     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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