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Title: Bisalt ether electrolytes: a pathway towards lithium metal batteries with Ni-rich cathodes

Abstract

Breakthroughs in performance of Li/Cu with Ni-rich cathodes can be achieved via manipulation of anion interfacial chemistry, as uncovered by experiment/modeling.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [4];  [1]
  1. Electrochemistry Branch, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, USA
  2. Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
  3. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
  4. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
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Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
OSTI Identifier:
1493073
Grant/Contract Number:  
Battery500 Consortium; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Energy & Environmental Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Volume: 12 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Alvarado, Judith, Schroeder, Marshall A., Pollard, Travis P., Wang, Xuefeng, Lee, Jungwoo Z., Zhang, Minghao, Wynn, Thomas, Ding, Michael, Borodin, Oleg, Meng, Ying Shirley, and Xu, Kang. Bisalt ether electrolytes: a pathway towards lithium metal batteries with Ni-rich cathodes. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/C8EE02601G.
Alvarado, Judith, Schroeder, Marshall A., Pollard, Travis P., Wang, Xuefeng, Lee, Jungwoo Z., Zhang, Minghao, Wynn, Thomas, Ding, Michael, Borodin, Oleg, Meng, Ying Shirley, & Xu, Kang. Bisalt ether electrolytes: a pathway towards lithium metal batteries with Ni-rich cathodes. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE02601G
Alvarado, Judith, Schroeder, Marshall A., Pollard, Travis P., Wang, Xuefeng, Lee, Jungwoo Z., Zhang, Minghao, Wynn, Thomas, Ding, Michael, Borodin, Oleg, Meng, Ying Shirley, and Xu, Kang. Wed . "Bisalt ether electrolytes: a pathway towards lithium metal batteries with Ni-rich cathodes". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE02601G.
@article{osti_1493073,
title = {Bisalt ether electrolytes: a pathway towards lithium metal batteries with Ni-rich cathodes},
author = {Alvarado, Judith and Schroeder, Marshall A. and Pollard, Travis P. and Wang, Xuefeng and Lee, Jungwoo Z. and Zhang, Minghao and Wynn, Thomas and Ding, Michael and Borodin, Oleg and Meng, Ying Shirley and Xu, Kang},
abstractNote = {Breakthroughs in performance of Li/Cu with Ni-rich cathodes can be achieved via manipulation of anion interfacial chemistry, as uncovered by experiment/modeling.},
doi = {10.1039/C8EE02601G},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
number = 2,
volume = 12,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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