Measurement and modeling of the mechanical and electrochemical response of amorphous Si thin film electrodes during cyclic lithiation

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 276-294

  Bucci, Giovanna ^a   Nadimpalli, Siva P V ^a   Sethuraman, Vijay A ^a   Bower, Allan F ^a   Guduru, Pradeep R ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Elastic viscoplastic material; Electrochemical mechanical process; Lithium ion battery; Si anode

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC-VISCOPLASTIC MATERIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; LITHIUM INSERTION REACTION; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; SI ANODES; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DIFFUSION; LITHIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84888299823     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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