Accommodating lithium into 3D current collectors with a submicron skeleton towards long-life lithium metal anodes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Chun Peng ^a,b   Yin, Ya Xia ^a   Zhang, Shuai Feng ^a,b   Li, Nian Wu ^a   Guo, Yu Guo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; METAL;

DESIGN; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYSTERESIS; ION EXCHANGE; LITHIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; DENDRITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYSTERESIS; SURFACE AREA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84940023424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9058     Document Type: Article

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