Promises and challenges of nanomaterials for lithium-based rechargeable batteries

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Yongming ^a   Liu, Nian ^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

ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SOLID-STATE BATTERIES;

BATTERY PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ENERGY DENSITY; ION TRANSPORTS; PARASITIC REACTION; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; STORAGE MECHANISM;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 85001981439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.71     Document Type: Review

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