Direct observation of lithium-ion transport under an electrical field in Lix CoO2 nanograins

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Xiaojian ^a   Ong, Chin Shen ^b   Xu, Xiaoxiong ^a   Hu, Benlin ^a   Shang, Jie ^a   Yang, Huali ^a   Katlakunta, Sadhana ^a   Liu, Yiwei ^a   Chen, Xinxin ^a   Pan, Liang ^a   Ding, Jun ^a,b   Li, Run Wei ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84872727463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01084     Document Type: Article

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