Germanium as a Sodium Ion Battery Material: In Situ TEM Reveals Fast Sodiation Kinetics with High Capacity

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1236-1242

  Lu, Xiaotang ^a   Adkins, Emily R ^a   He, Yang ^c   Zhong, Li ^c   Luo, Langli ^b   Mao, Scott X ^c   Wang, Chong Min ^b   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METAL IONS; NANOWIRES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS GERMANIUM; CRYSTALLINE GE; CRYSTALLINE GERMANIUM; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HIGH CAPACITY; IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); NA-ION BATTERIES; SODIUM ION BATTERIES;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84959143088     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00200     Document Type: Article

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