Results from a novel method for corrosion studies of electroplated lithium metal based on measurements with an impedance scanning electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3481-3505

  Schedlbauer, Tanja ^a   Hoffmann, Björn ^a   Krüger, Steffen ^a   Gores, Heiner Jakob ^a   Winter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anode stability; LiDFOB; Lithium corrosion; Lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate; Lithium metal anodes; SEI

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CORROSION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; METALS; QUARTZ; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; SALTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEBECK EFFECT;

AC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; CONSOLIDATION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; LIDFOB; LITHIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; LITHIUM METAL ANODE; OXALATO; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84881524505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6073481     Document Type: Article

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