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Title: A strategy to build high-performance thick electrodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced compressive modulus and regulated tortuosity in the phase-inversion process
By tuning the composition of the non-solvent bath used in the non-solvent induced phase inversion process for fabricating thick and low-tortuosity battery electrodes, optimal electrochemical performances and compressive modulus were achieved.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1752378
PAR ID:
10566131
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume:
12
Issue:
27
ISSN:
2050-7488
Page Range / eLocation ID:
16537 to 16545
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Thick electrodes lithium-ion batteries phase inversion tortuosity compressive modulus
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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