The Impact of Li Grain Size on Coulombic Efficiency in Li Batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mehdi, B Layla ^a   Stevens, Andrew ^a   Qian, Jiangfeng ^a   Park, Chiwoo ^b   Xu, Wu ^a   Henderson, Wesley A ^a   Zhang, Ji Guang ^a   Mueller, Karl T ^a,c,d   Browning, Nigel D ^a,e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84991010611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34267     Document Type: Article

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