Asymmetric pathways in the electrochemical conversion reaction of NiO as battery electrode with high storage capacity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Boesenberg, Ulrike ^a,b   Marcus, Matthew A ^a   Shukla, Alpesh K ^a   Yi, Tanghong ^c   McDermott, Eamon ^d,f   Teh, Pei Fen ^a,e   Srinivasan, Madhavi ^e   Moewes, Alexander ^d   Cabana, Jordi ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; NICKEL MONOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; UTILIZATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84923382010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07133     Document Type: Article

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