Design principles for electrolytes and interfaces for stable lithium-metal batteries

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Tikekar, Mukul D ^a   Choudhury, Snehashis ^a   Tu, Zhengyuan ^a   Archer, Lynden A ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METALS;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; PARASITIC REACTION; REACTIVE METALS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; STORAGE TECHNOLOGY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85019547771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.114     Document Type: Review

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