Self-limiting lithiation in silicon nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1495-1503

  Liu, Xiao Hua ^a   Fan, Feifei ^b   Yang, Hui ^c   Zhang, Sulin ^c   Huang, Jian Yu ^a   Zhu, Ting ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

in situ transmission electron microscopy; kinetics; lithium ion battery; self limiting lithiation; silicon nanowire; stress retardation

Indexed keywords

ANODE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLINE SI; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HIGH RATE; HIGH-CAPACITY; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; LI INSERTION; LITHIATION; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; NANO SCALE; RETARDATION EFFECT; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES; SURFACE LAYERS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANODES; ENZYME KINETICS; IN SITU PROCESSING; KINETICS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOWIRES; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84874440829     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305282d     Document Type: Article

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