Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 626-632

  Lin, Dingchang ^a   Liu, Yayuan ^a   Liang, Zheng ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Wang, Haotian ^b   Yan, Kai ^a   Xie, Jin ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

CARBONATE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; THEORETICAL CAPACITY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

CARBONIC ACID; GRAPHENE OXIDE; LITHIUM ION; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLING; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HYSTERESIS; INTERPHASE; LITHIUM METAL ANODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84961390156     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.32     Document Type: Article

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