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Solid-state Graft Copolymer Electrolytes for Lithium Battery Applications

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New class of nonaqueous electrolytes for long-life and safe lithium-ion batteries

Zonghai Chen1, Yang Ren, Andrew N Jansen

  • 1Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

Nature Communications
|February 28, 2013
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