Nanometer-scale Sn coatings improve the performance of silicon nanowire LIB anodes

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 2, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 11261-11279

  Kohandehghan, Alireza ^a,b   Cui, Kai ^b   Kupsta, Martin ^b   Memarzadeh, Elmira ^a,b   Kalisvaart, Peter ^a,b   Mitlin, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COATINGS; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; NANOWIRES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICON;

CAPACITY RETENTION; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; OPTIMUM ARCHITECTURES; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY;

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EID: 84903703401     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta00993b     Document Type: Article

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