Self-Diffusion, Phase Behavior, and Li+ Ion Conduction in Succinonitrile-Based Plastic Cocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 27298-27306

  Zachariah, Manesh ^a   Romanini, Michela ^a   Tripathi, Pragya ^a   Barrio, María ^a   Tamarit, Josep Lluís ^a   Macovez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; LITHIUM; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTICITY; SALTS;

INTRAMOLECULAR RELAXATION; MELTING TRANSITIONS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PLASTIC CRYSTALS; REORIENTATIONAL DYNAMICS; SPACE CHARGE RELAXATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 84949512539     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09380     Document Type: Article

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