Production of nanocrystalline lithium fluoride by planetary ball-milling

Powder Technology

Volumn 264, Issue , 2014, Pages 409-417

  Wall, Clemens ^a,c   Pohl, Alexander ^a   Knapp, Michael ^b,c   Hahn, Horst ^a,c   Fichtner, Maximilian ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ball milling; Lithium fluoride; Lithium ion batteries; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CATHODES; DISPERSIONS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MILLING (MACHINING); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BALL-TO-POWDER RATIOS; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; FIRST DISCHARGE; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE;

BALL MILLING;

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; LITHIUM ION; NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; PENTANE; SILICONE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DOSIMETER; ELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84904647466     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.05.043     Document Type: Article

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