Full-field synchrotron tomography of nongraphitic foam and laminate anodes for lithium-ion batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4524-4534

  Brushett, Fikile R ^a   Trahey, Lynn ^b   Xiao, Xianghui ^c   Vaughey, John T ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Li ion anodes; MicroCT; silicon; synchrotron tomography

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BINARY ALLOYS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER ALLOYS; IONS; SILICON; TIN ALLOYS;

ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES; MICRO CT; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS; SYNCHROTRON TOMOGRAPHY;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84896923372     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5003124     Document Type: Article

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