Chemical and structural stability of lithium-ion battery electrode materials under electron beam

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lin, Feng ^a   Markus, Isaac M ^a,b   Doeff, Marca M ^a   Xin, Huolin L ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84904469427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05694     Document Type: Article

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