Hybrid Hairy Nanoparticle Electrolytes Stabilizing Lithium Metal Batteries

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2147-2157

  Choudhury, Snehashis ^a   Agrawal, Akanksha ^a   Wei, Shuya ^a   Jeng, Emily ^a   Archer, Lynden A ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BLENDING; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

BIDISPERSE MIXTURES; COLUMBIC EFFICIENCY; HAIRY NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID ELECTROLYTES; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; ORGANIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; REACTIVE METALS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84964762493     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00029     Document Type: Article

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