Superconcentrated electrolytes for a high-voltage lithium-ion battery

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Jianhui ^a   Yamada, Yuki ^a,b   Sodeyama, Keitaro ^b,c,d   Chiang, Ching Hua ^a   Tateyama, Yoshitaka ^b,d   Yamada, Atsuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANION; CARBONIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM ION; LITHIUM SALT; SOLVENT; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COORDINATE; DESIGN; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; SOLVENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIQUID; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84976617534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12032     Document Type: Article

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