Mesoscale origin of the enhanced cycling-stability of the Si-conductive polymer anode for li-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gu, Meng ^a   Xiao, Xing Cheng ^b   Liu, Gao ^c   Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai ^a   Baer, Donald R ^a   Zhang, Ji Guang ^d   Liu, Jun ^d   Browning, Nigel D ^d   Wang, Chong Min ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84935875117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03684     Document Type: Article

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