Charging/Discharging Nanomorphology Asymmetry and Rate-Dependent Capacity Degradation in Li-Oxygen Battery

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8260-8265

  Kushima, Akihiro ^a   Koido, Tetsuya ^b   Fujiwara, Yoshiya ^b   Kuriyama, Nariaki ^b   Kusumi, Nobuhiro ^b   Li, Ju ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

electrochemistry; in situ; liquid cell; three phase boundary; transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; OXYGEN; REACTION PRODUCTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAPACITY DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTION; GOLD CURRENT COLLECTORS; IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); LIQUID CELLS; THREE PHASE BOUNDARY; THREE-PHASE REACTIONS;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

EID: 84949639404     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03812     Document Type: Article

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