Allylic ionic liquid electrolyte-assisted electrochemical surface passivation of LiCoO2 for advanced, safe lithium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mun, Junyoung ^a,b   Yim, Taeeun ^a,c   Park, Jang Hoon ^d   Ryu, Ji Heon ^e   Lee, Sang Young ^d   Kim, Young Gyu ^a   Oh, Seung M ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e Korea Polytechnic University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84906814331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05802     Document Type: Article

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