Multivalent Li-Site Doping of Mn Oxides for Li-Ion Batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 21904-21912

  Kong, Fantai ^a   Longo, Roberto C ^a   Yeon, Dong Hee ^b   Yoon, Jaegu ^b   Park, Jin Hwan ^b   Liang, Chaoping ^a   Kc, Santosh ^a   Zheng, Yongping ^a   Doo, Seok Gwang ^b   Cho, Kyeongjae ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

ACTIVATION MECHANISMS; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION CHANNELS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LAYERED OXIDE CATHODES; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC BARRIERS; TRANSITION METAL SITE;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84942515713     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06844     Document Type: Article

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