Toward uniformly dispersed battery electrode composite materials: Characteristics and performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3452-3463

  Kwon, Yo Han ^a   Huie, Matthew M ^c   Choi, Dalsu ^a   Chang, Mincheol ^a   Marschilok, Amy C ^c,d   Takeuchi, Kenneth J ^c,d   Takeuchi, Esther S ^c,d,e   Reichmanis, Elsa ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University ^*  (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

capping agent; dispersion; Hansen solubility parameters; lithium ion battery; morphology processing; nanomaterials; poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CAPPING AGENT; ELECTROACTIVE COMPONENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY PROCESSING; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE);

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84958280284     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11938     Document Type: Article

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