Current-induced transition from particle-by-particle to concurrent intercalation in phase-separating battery electrodes

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1149-1156

  Li, Yiyang ^a   El Gabaly, Farid ^b   Ferguson, Todd R ^c   Smith, Raymond B ^c   Bartelt, Norman C ^b   Sugar, Joshua D ^b   Fenton, Kyle R ^d   Cogswell, Daniel A ^e   Kilcoyne, A L David ^e   Tyliszczak, Tolek ^f   Bazant, Martin Z ^c,e   Chueh, William C ^a,g  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; INTERCALATION; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEPARATION;

BATTERY ELECTRODE; BATTERY MATERIALS; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; INDUCED TRANSITIONS; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATES; POROUS ELECTRODES; THERMODYNAMIC TRANSFORMATIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84921261336     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4084     Document Type: Article

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