Atomic-scale observation of lithiation reaction front in nanoscale SnO 2 materials

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6203-6211

  Nie, Anmin ^a,d   Gan, Li Yong ^b   Cheng, Yingchun ^b   Asayesh Ardakani, Hasti ^a   Li, Qianqian ^c   Dong, Cezhou ^c   Tao, Runzhe ^d   Mashayek, Farzad ^e   Wang, Hong Tao ^c   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^b   Klie, Robert F ^d   Yassar, Reza S ^a,d,e  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic scale; in situ STEM; lithium ion batteries; reaction front; tin oxide nanowires

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ATOMIC SCALE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY SIMULATIONS; DISLOCATION BEHAVIORS; GEOMETRIC PHASE ANALYSIS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; REACTION FRONT; TIN OXIDE NANOWIRES;

ANODES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

LITHIUM; NANOMATERIAL; STANNIC OXIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84880847759     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402125e     Document Type: Article

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