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Title: Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1374594
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1389236
Report Number(s):
BNL-114212-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; 132046
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; SC0001294; SC0012704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; batteries; Capacity fading; intergranular cracking; operando X-ray diffraction; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; inter-granular cracking; Center for Functional Nanomaterials

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Liu, Hao, Wolf, Mark, Karki, Khim, Yu, Young -Sang, Stach, Eric A., Cabana, Jordi, Chapman, Karena W., and Chupas, Peter J. Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00379.
Liu, Hao, Wolf, Mark, Karki, Khim, Yu, Young -Sang, Stach, Eric A., Cabana, Jordi, Chapman, Karena W., & Chupas, Peter J. Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00379
Liu, Hao, Wolf, Mark, Karki, Khim, Yu, Young -Sang, Stach, Eric A., Cabana, Jordi, Chapman, Karena W., and Chupas, Peter J. Fri . "Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00379. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1374594.
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title = {Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes},
author = {Liu, Hao and Wolf, Mark and Karki, Khim and Yu, Young -Sang and Stach, Eric A. and Cabana, Jordi and Chapman, Karena W. and Chupas, Peter J.},
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doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00379},
journal = {Nano Letters},
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volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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