Lithium-ion battery structure that self-heats at low temperatures

Nature

Volumn 529, Issue 7587, 2016, Pages 515-518

  Wang, Chao Yang ^a,b   Zhang, Guangsheng ^a   Ge, Shanhai ^b   Xu, Terrence ^b   Ji, Yan ^b   Yang, Xiao Guang ^a   Leng, Yongjun ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EC Power   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; FUEL; LITHIUM ION;

CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE; ENGINE; FUEL CELL; HEATING; LITHIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOTOR VEHICLE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WARM UP;

EID: 84961350302     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16502     Document Type: Article

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