journal article·2025-08-12

Intralattice-bonded phase-engineered ultrahigh-Ni single-crystalline cathodes suppress strain evolution

Qimeng Zhang, Jing Wang, Youqi Chu, Weiyuan Huang, Xiaojing Huang, Xianghui Xiao, Lu Ma, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Chenghao Yang

Nature Energy· Volume 10· Issue 8
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