Liquid-metal electrode to enable ultra-low temperature sodium-beta alumina batteries for renewable energy storage

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Xiaochuan ^a   Li, Guosheng ^a   Kim, Jin Y ^a   Mei, Donghai ^a   Lemmon, John P ^a   Sprenkle, Vincent L ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CESIUM; LITHIUM ION; SODIUM; SODIUM BETA ALUMINA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOY; ELECTRODE; LOW TEMPERATURE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SAFETY; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETTABILITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; LIQUID METAL ELECTRODE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTABILITY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84905482228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5578     Document Type: Article

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