Composite lithium metal anode by melt infusion of lithium into a 3D conducting scaffold with lithiophilic coating

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2862-2867

  Liang, Zheng ^a   Lin, Dingchang ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Lu, Zhenda ^a   Liu, Yayuan ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Lu, Yingying ^a   Wang, Haotian ^b   Yan, Kai ^a   Tao, Xinyong ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D scaffold; Li composite; Li metal anode; Lithiophilic; Melt infusion

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; CARBON NANOFIBER; LITHIUM; SILICA NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84962592426     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1518188113     Document Type: Article

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