Intergranular Crack of Cathode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries Subjected to Rapid Cooling During Transient Thermal Runaway
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Characterization and Electrochemical Tests
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, S.; Ye, C.; Jin, M.; Zhong, G.; Liu, S.; Liu, Y.; Tai, Z. Intergranular Crack of Cathode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries Subjected to Rapid Cooling During Transient Thermal Runaway. Batteries 2025, 11, 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries11100363
Li S, Ye C, Jin M, Zhong G, Liu S, Liu Y, Tai Z. Intergranular Crack of Cathode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries Subjected to Rapid Cooling During Transient Thermal Runaway. Batteries. 2025; 11(10):363. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries11100363
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Siqi, Changchun Ye, Ming Jin, Guobin Zhong, Shi Liu, Yajie Liu, and Zhixin Tai. 2025. "Intergranular Crack of Cathode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries Subjected to Rapid Cooling During Transient Thermal Runaway" Batteries 11, no. 10: 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries11100363
APA StyleLi, S., Ye, C., Jin, M., Zhong, G., Liu, S., Liu, Y., & Tai, Z. (2025). Intergranular Crack of Cathode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries Subjected to Rapid Cooling During Transient Thermal Runaway. Batteries, 11(10), 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries11100363