In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of sodiation-desodiation in a long cycle, high-capacity reduced graphene oxide sodium-ion battery anode

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 6528-6535

  Wan, Jiayu ^a   Shen, Fei ^a   Luo, Wei ^a   Zhou, Lihui ^a   Dai, Jiaqi ^a   Han, Xiaogang ^a   Bao, Wenzhong ^a   Xu, Yue ^a   Panagiotopoulos, John ^a   Fan, Xiaoxing ^a   Urban, Daniel ^a   Nie, Anmin ^b,c   Shahbazian Yassar, Reza ^c   Hu, Liangbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; IONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METAL IONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FUNCTIONAL ADDITIVES; HIGH-RATE PERFORMANCE; IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); REVERSIBLE SPECIFIC CAPACITY; SODIUM ION BATTERIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84989153997     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01959     Document Type: Article

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