Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Choi, Jang Wook ^a   Aurbach, Doron ^b  

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

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 85011821718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.13     Document Type: Review

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