Direct atomic-scale confirmation of three-phase storage mechanism in Li4Ti5O12 anodes for room-temperature sodium-ion batteries
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Sun, Y., Zhao, L., Pan, H., Lu, X., Gu, L., Hu, Y.-S., Li, H., Armand, M., Ikuhara, Y., Chen, L., & Huang, X. (2013). Direct atomic-scale confirmation of three-phase storage mechanism in Li4Ti5O12 anodes for room-temperature sodium-ion batteries. Nature Communications, 4(1).

Authors 11
  1. Yang Sun (first)
  2. Liang Zhao (additional)
  3. Huilin Pan (additional)
  4. Xia Lu (additional)
  5. Lin Gu (additional)
  6. Yong-Sheng Hu (additional)
  7. Hong Li (additional)
  8. Michel Armand (additional)
  9. Yuichi Ikuhara (additional)
  10. Liquan Chen (additional)
  11. Xuejie Huang (additional)
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@article{Sun_2013, title={Direct atomic-scale confirmation of three-phase storage mechanism in Li4Ti5O12 anodes for room-temperature sodium-ion batteries}, volume={4}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2878}, DOI={10.1038/ncomms2878}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Sun, Yang and Zhao, Liang and Pan, Huilin and Lu, Xia and Gu, Lin and Hu, Yong-Sheng and Li, Hong and Armand, Michel and Ikuhara, Yuichi and Chen, Liquan and Huang, Xuejie}, year={2013}, month=may }