Effect of Surface Modification on Nano-Structured LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Spinel Materials

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16231-16239

  Cho, Hyung Man ^a,b   Chen, Michael Vincent ^a   MacRae, Alex C ^a,b   Meng, Ying Shirley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALD; cation dissolution; LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel; nano structured electrode; surface modification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BINDERS; CATHODES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTES; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; IONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PASSIVATION; REDUCTION; SOL-GELS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE SURFACE AREA; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; ELECTROLYTE DECOMPOSITION; LINI0.5MN1.5O4 SPINEL; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; PARTICLE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIES; SECONDARY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84938632403     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01392     Document Type: Article

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