Reduction of carbonate electrolytes and the formation of solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) in lithium-ion batteries. 1. Spectroscopic observations of radical intermediates generated in one-electron reduction of carbonates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 19255-19269

  Shkrob, Ilya A ^a   Zhu, Ye ^a   Marin, Timothy W ^a,b   Abraham, Daniel ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ELECTROLYTES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTROLYTE REDUCTION; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; SOLVENT PERMEABILITY;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CARBONATION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; SEEBECK EFFECT;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84885065349     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406274e     Document Type: Article

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