A stable lithium-rich surface structure for lithium-rich layered cathode materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kim, Sangryun ^a,b   Cho, Woosuk ^c   Zhang, Xiaobin ^d   Oshima, Yoshifumi ^d   Choi, Jang Wook ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^d JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; LITHIUM; NICKEL; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CATION; DESIGN; ELECTRODE; LITHIUM; NICKEL; POWER GENERATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84998887090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13598     Document Type: Article

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