Super Soft All-Ethylene Oxide Polymer Electrolyte for Safe All-Solid Lithium Batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Porcarelli, Luca ^a   Gerbaldi, Claudio ^a   Bella, Federico ^a   Nair, Jijeesh Ravi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 84955447250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19892     Document Type: Article

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