Oxidative decomposition of propylene carbonate in lithium ion batteries: A DFT study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 7959-7969

  Leggesse, Ermias Girma ^a   Lin, Rao Tung ^a   Teng, Tsung Fan ^a   Chen, Chi Liang ^a   Jiang, Jyh Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION RATE CONSTANTS; IMPLICIT SOLVATION MODELS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; PRIMARY RADICALS; PROPYLENE CARBONATE; TRANSITION STATE THEORIES;

ACETONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LITHIUM; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84883171307     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403436u     Document Type: Article

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