Lithium diffusion in Li3V2(PO4)3-based electrodes: a joint analysis of electrochemical impedance, cyclic voltammetry, pulse chronoamperometry, and chronopotentiometry data

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Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 483-501

  Ivanishchev, Alexander V ^a   Churikov, Alexei V ^a   Ivanishcheva, Irina A ^a   Ushakov, Arseni V ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemical impedance spectra; Intercalation isotherm; Lithium ion diffusion; Lithium vanadium phosphate; Potential and current transients

Indexed keywords

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CURRENT TRANSIENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; INTERCALATION MATERIALS; LITHIUM ION DIFFUSION; LITHIUM VANADIUM PHOSPHATE; LITHIUM-ION TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 84961210498     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-015-1568-y     Document Type: Article

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