Detection of subsurface structures underneath dendrites formed on cycled lithium metal electrodes

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-73

  Harry, Katherine J ^a,b   Hallinan, Daniel T ^b   Parkinson, Dilworth Y ^b   MacDowell, Alastair A ^b   Balsara, Nitash P ^b,c  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRITE FORMATION; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LITHIUM DENDRITE; LITHIUM ELECTRODE; LITHIUM METAL ANODE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

ANODES; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DENDRIMERS; ELECTROLYTES;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84890572462     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3793     Document Type: Article

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