Nanovoid formation and annihilation in gallium nanodroplets under lithiation-delithiation cycling

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5212-5217

  Liang, Wentao ^a   Hong, Liang ^b   Yang, Hui ^a   Fan, Feifei ^c   Liu, Yang ^d   Li, Hong ^e   Li, Ju ^f   Huang, Jian Yu ^d   Chen, Long Qing ^b   Zhu, Ting ^c   Zhang, Sulin ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallium nanodroplets; in situ TEM; lithium ion battery; nanovoid; phase field

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU TEM; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; NANO-DROPLETS; NANOVOID; PHASE FIELDS;

IN SITU PROCESSING; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84887851487     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl402644w     Document Type: Article

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