Electric Potential Gradient at the Buried Interface between Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes and the SEI Observed Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1775-1780

  Maibach, Julia ^a   Lindgren, Fredrik ^a   Eriksson, Henrik ^a   Edström, Kristina ^a   Hahlin, Maria ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEPTH PROFILING; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

BULK ELECTRODES; BURIED INTERFACE; CHARGE TRANSFER KINETICS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENERGY REFERENCE; RELATIVE BINDING ENERGIES; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; SPECTRAL CONTRIBUTION;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84971315356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00391     Document Type: Article

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