A Phase-Field Model and Simulation of Kinetically Asymmetric Ternary Conversion-Reconversion Transformation in Battery Electrodes

Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 86-99

  Yu, Hui Chia ^a   Wang, Feng ^b   Amatucci, Glenn G ^c   Thornton, Katsuyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

computational studies; phase field modeling; phase transformation; ternary system

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; INTERMETALLICS; PHASE INTERFACES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONVERSION REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; METALLURGICAL SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHASE FIELD MODELS; SOLID STATE PHASE TRANSFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84952933785     PISSN: 15477037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11669-015-0440-0     Document Type: Article

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