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Microstructural changes of graphite hosts during lithium intercalation

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OSTI ID:33585
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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Single crystal graphite has been used as a prototype of the carbon electrode to study the lithium intercalation process and the interaction between a carbon electrode and an electrolyte in the lithium rechargeable battery. Scanning tunneling microscopy and transmission electron microscopy have been used to examine the microstructural changes of the same region of the electrode surface after electrochemical treatments down to an atomic level. This gives direct evidence of solvent cointercalation, graphite exfoliation, and surface film formation during the intercalation process.
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-93ER14384
OSTI ID:
33585
Report Number(s):
CONF-940529--; ISBN 1-56677-080-7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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