Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Devaraj, A ^a   Gu, M ^a   Colby, R ^a,e   Yan, P ^a   Wang, C M ^a   Zheng, J M ^a   Xiao, J ^b   Genc, A ^b   Zhang, J G ^a   Belharouak, I ^c   Wang, D ^d   Amine, K ^d   Thevuthasan, S ^a,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; LITHIUM ION; OXYGEN; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ELECTRODE; LITHIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ELEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84939442468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9014     Document Type: Article

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