Structural Engineering of Anode Materials for Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Prospects

Guan Wang; Guixin Wang; Linfeng Fei; Lina Zhao; Haitao Zhang

doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01363-y

Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 150(2024)

Structural Engineering of Anode Materials for Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Prospects

Guan Wang^1,2, Guixin Wang², Linfeng Fei^4、*, Lina Zhao⁵, and Haitao Zhang^1,3、**

Author Affiliations

¹Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China

²School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China

³School of Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, People’s Republic of China

⁴School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People’s Republic of China

⁵Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, People’s Republic of China

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Guan Wang, Guixin Wang, Linfeng Fei, Lina Zhao, Haitao Zhang. Structural Engineering of Anode Materials for Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Prospects[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 150

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 20, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 19, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Fei Linfeng (feilinfeng@gmail.com), Zhang Haitao (htzhang@ipe.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01363-y

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