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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 002 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 002 (2024)
    Trend of Developing Aqueous Liquid and Gel Electrolytes for Sustainable, Safe, and High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries
    Donghwan Ji1 and Jaeyun Kim1,2,3,4,*
    Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 3Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 4Institute of Quantum Biophysics (IQB), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01220-4 Cite this Article
    Donghwan Ji, Jaeyun Kim. Trend of Developing Aqueous Liquid and Gel Electrolytes for Sustainable, Safe, and High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 002 Copy Citation Text show less
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