Intercalation events visualized in single microcrystals of graphite

Edward R. White; Jared J. Lodico; B. C. Regan

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01787-8

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Intercalation events visualized in single microcrystals of graphite

Edward R. White,
Jared J. Lodico,
B. C. Regan

Affiliations

Edward R. White: Department of Physics & Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
Jared J. Lodico: Department of Physics & Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
B. C. Regan: Department of Physics & Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01787-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The common lithium-ion battery is re-charged by intercalating its graphite anode, but intercalation remains not well understood. Electron microscope video of intercalating graphite microcrystals reveals that the charge transfer occurs in current pulses that do not match theoretical expectations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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