With the increasing importance of wireless microelectronic devices the need for on‐board
power supplies is evidently also increasing. Possible candidates for microenergy storage …

Cathode materials for rechargeable rocking chair or lithium-ion batteries, are reviewed. The
emphasis is placed on the comparison between specific capacities and rechargeability of …

Crystalline LiCoO2 adopts a rhombohedral structure, space group R3m, when synthesized1,
2 at temperatures above 400C. The hexagonal lattice, illustrated in Fig. 1, consists of layers …

Surface energies of several low-index surfaces of layered LiCoO2 are investigated as a
function of the external lithium and oxygen chemical potentials by means of First Principles …

Starting out with an introduction to the fundamentals of lithium ion batteries, this book begins
by describing in detail the new materials for all four major uses as cathodes, anodes …

Continuous advances in microelectronics and micro/nanoelectromechanical systems enable
the use of microsized energy storage devices, namely solid‐state thin‐film μ‐batteries …

Extensive research is underway to yield greater insights into the intrinsic properties of
electrode materials for lithium storage. Presently, nanostructured thin-film electrodes without …

Solid-state thin-film batteries consisting of an amorphous Li2O–V2O5–SiO2 solid electrolyte
(LVSO), crystalline LiCoO2 cathode and amorphous SnO anode were fabricated and …

Photonic crystals with line and point defects are desirable for application as photonic
bandgap waveguides and optical cavities, respectively. Here such defects have been …

Lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON) thin film as a lithium electrolyte was successfully
prepared by ultraviolet (355 nm) pulsed laser deposition in an ambient N2 gas for the first …