Single nanowire electrode electrochemistry of silicon anode by in situ atomic force microscopy: Solid electrolyte interphase growth and mechanical properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20317-20323

  Liu, Xing Rui ^a,b   Deng, Xin ^a   Liu, Ran Ran ^a,b   Yan, Hui Juan ^a   Guo, Yu Guo ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Wan, Li Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM); Li ion battery; Single Si nanowire anode; Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; LITHIUM METALLOGRAPHY; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; SEEBECK EFFECT; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID-STATE BATTERIES;

INTERFACE BEHAVIOR; POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84914703703     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505847s     Document Type: Article

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