A dendrite-suppressing composite ion conductor from aramid nanofibres

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tung, Siu On ^a   Ho, Szushen ^b   Yang, Ming ^c   Zhang, Ruilin ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; COPPER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MACROGOL; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE;

BIOENGINEERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; GROWTH; ION; OXIDE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENDRITE; DISSOLUTION; ION CONDUCTOR; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARAMIDAE;

EID: 84923070704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7152     Document Type: Article

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