Mechanisms of LiCoO2 Cathode Degradation by Reaction with HF and Protection by Thin Oxide Coatings

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24265-24278

  Tebbe, Jonathon L ^a   Holder, Aaron M ^a,b   Musgrave, Charles B ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ald coatings; battery cycling; capacity fading; cathode thin films; LiCoO2 cathode

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CATHODES; COATINGS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODES; METALS; MONOLAYERS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINA COATING; BATTERY CYCLING; CAPACITY FADING; CATHODE DEGRADATIONS; CATHODE THIN FILMS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; METAL OXIDE COATINGS; PARTIALLY FLUORINATED;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 84946594377     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07887     Document Type: Article

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