Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Yan, Kai ^a   Lu, Zhenda ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Xiong, Feng ^a   Hsu, Po Chun ^a   Li, Yuzhang ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Chu, Steven ^b   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NUCLEATION; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATES;

BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS; CARBONATE ELECTROLYTES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HOLLOW CARBON SPHERES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; STABLE ENCAPSULATION;

LITHIUM;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYTE; ENCAPSULATION; EQUIPMENT; ION; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85042060533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NENERGY.2016.10     Document Type: Article

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