Molecular Mechanisms for the Lithiation of Ruthenium Oxide Nanoplates as Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Materials: An Experimentally Motivated Computational Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9705-9713

  Hassan, Ayorinde S ^a   Navulla, Anantharamulu ^b,c   Meda, Lamartine ^b   Ramachandran, B Ramu ^a   Wick, Collin D ^a  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c Nissan Technical Center North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONVERSION MECHANISM; DISCHARGE CURVES; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; INTERCALATION MECHANISMS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84928963639     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5123536     Document Type: Article

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