Batteries: Nanoconfined LiBH4 as a Fast Lithium Ion Conductor (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2/2015). (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blanchard, Didier; Nale, Angeloclaudio; Sveinbjörnsson, Dadi; Eggenhuisen, Tamara M.; Verkuijlen, Margriet H. W.; Suwarno; Vegge, Tejs; Kentgens, Arno P. M.; de Jongh, Petra E.
• Is Part Of: Advanced functional materials. Volume 25:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 169
• Page End: 169
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201570009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1616-301X

Abstract

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