In situ TEM study of lithiation behavior of silicon nanoparticles attached to and embedded in a carbon matrix

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8439-8447

  Gu, Meng ^a   Li, Ying ^b   Li, Xiaolin ^c   Hu, Shenyang ^c   Zhang, Xiangwu ^b   Xu, Wu ^c   Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai ^a   Baer, Donald R ^a   Zhang, Ji Guang ^c   Liu, Jun ^c   Wang, Chongmin ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon fiber; fracture; in situ TEM; Li ion battery; lithiation; Si nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CAPACITY FADING; CARBON MATRIX; CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; CONTACT FLATTENING; IN-SITU TEM; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LI-ION BATTERIES; LITHIATION; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; LITHIUM-ION TRANSPORT; POWDER PARTICLES; RATIONAL DESIGN; SI NANOPARTICLES; SILICON ANODE; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; SILICON PARTICLES; TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES; VOLUME CHANGE;

CARBON FIBERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; FRACTURE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; SINTERING;

NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; LITHIUM; SILICON;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LITHIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON;

EID: 84866649273     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303312m     Document Type: Article

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