Stability of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Components on Lithium Metal and Reactive Anode Material Surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6302-6313

  Leung, Kevin ^a   Soto, Fernando ^b   Hankins, Kie ^b   Balbuena, Perla B ^b   Harrison, Katharine L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METALS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

BATTERY CYCLING; BATTERY OPERATION; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; LITHIUM CARBONATES; LITHIUM ETHYLENE DICARBONATE; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FILM; THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84963535701     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11719     Document Type: Article

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