Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anodes by Uniform Li-Ion Flux Distribution in Nanochannel Confinement

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 138, Issue 47, 2016, Pages 15443-15450

  Liu, Wei ^a   Lin, Dingchang ^a   Pei, Allen ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ASPECT RATIO; COATINGS; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); ELECTRODES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METALS; POLYIMIDES; SILANES;

CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LITHIUM METAL ANODE; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; NANOSCALE CHANNELS; POLYIMIDE COATING;

LITHIUM;

LITHIUM; LITHIUM ION; NANOCHANNEL; POLYIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; DENDRITE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIAL COATING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85000814835     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08730     Document Type: Article

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