Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Structural Evolution of ε-LiVOPO4 over Multiple Lithium Intercalation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1794-1805

  Lin, Yuh Chieh ^a   Wen, Bohua ^b   Wiaderek, Kamila M ^c   Sallis, Shawn ^d   Liu, Hao ^c   Lapidus, Saul H ^c   Borkiewicz, Olaf J ^c   Quackenbush, Nicholas F ^b   Chernova, Natasha A ^b   Karki, Khim ^b,e   Omenya, Fredrick ^b   Chupas, Peter J ^c   Piper, Louis F J ^b,d   Whittingham, M Stanley ^b   Chapman, Karena W ^c   Ong, Shyue Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d State University of New York   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL VOLTAGE; ELECTROLYTE DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN INTERCALATION; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84962163301     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04880     Document Type: Article

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