Visualizing non-equilibrium lithiation of spinel oxide via in situ transmission electron microscopy

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  He, Kai ^a   Zhang, Sen ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Yu, Xiqian ^a   Meng, Qingping ^a   Zhu, Yizhou ^c   Hu, Enyuan ^a   Sun, Ke ^a   Yun, Hongseok ^b   Yang, Xiao Qing ^a   Zhu, Yimei ^a   Gan, Hong ^a   Mo, Yifei ^c   Stach, Eric A ^a   Murray, Christopher B ^b   Su, Dong ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SPINEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; LITHIATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84966774656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11441     Document Type: Article

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