How lithium-ion batteries work conceptually: thermodynamics of Li bonding in idealized electrodes
Sam H. Finkelstein, Marco Ricci, Tom Bötticher, Klaus Schmidt‐Rohr
Abstract
The energy-releasing movement of Li + and e − in lithium-ion batteries is explained based on a quantitative analysis of cohesive energies, including transition-metal ionization energies.
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