TEM in situ lithiation of tin nanoneedles for battery applications

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 589-602

  Janish, Matthew T ^a   Mackay, David T ^b   Liu, Yang ^c,d   Jungjohann, Katherine L ^c   Carter, C Barry ^a,c   Norton, M Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANONEEDLES; NEEDLES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILICON ALLOYS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BATTERY APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL VIABILITY; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; INTERCALATION MATERIALS; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; NANO-MANUFACTURING; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES;

TIN;

EID: 84946495575     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9318-0     Document Type: Article

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