Formation and Growth Mechanisms of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Layers in Rechargeable Batteries

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 7990-8000

  Soto, Fernando A ^a   Ma, Yuguang ^a   Martinez De La Hoz, Julibeth M ^a   Seminario, Jorge M ^a,b   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROLYTE DEGRADATIONS; ELECTROLYTE REDUCTION; ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS; MECHANISTIC DIFFERENCES; POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE LAYER (SEI);

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84949638905     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03358     Document Type: Article

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