Li2O2 wetting on the (110) surface of RuO2, TiO2, and SnO2: An initiating force for polycrystalline growth

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1024-1031

  Geng, W T ^a,b   Ohno, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LATTICE MISMATCH; LITHIUM; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; INITIAL DEPOSITIONS; LARGE LATTICE MISMATCH; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION AND EVOLUTION REACTIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE GROWTH;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84949116540     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508896s     Document Type: Article

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