A structured three-dimensional polymer electrolyte with enlarged active reaction zone for Li-O2 batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bonnet Mercier, Nadège ^a   Wong, Raymond A ^a,b   Thomas, Morgan L ^a   Dutta, Arghya ^a   Yamanaka, Keisuke ^c   Yogi, Chihiro ^c   Ohta, Toshiaki ^c   Byon, Hye Ryung ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84923274733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07127     Document Type: Article

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