Original Article
  • 리튬이온전지 양극용 프러시안블루계 소재 동향

  • Hyunjoon Yoo*, Sang Bok Lee**, Il-Kwon Oh*†

  • * National Creative Research Initiative for Functionally Antagonistic Nano-Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
    ** Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Maryland NanoCenter, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

  • Prussian Blue Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Review

  • 유현준* · 이상복** · 오일권*†

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  • Il-Kwon Oh

  • * National Creative Research Initiative for Functionally Antagonistic Nano-Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: ikoh@kaist.ac.kr