Progress on Failure Mechanism of Lithium Ion Battery Caused by Diffusion Induced Stress

Yanan WANG; Hua LI; Zhengkun WANG; Qingfeng LI; Chen LIAN; Xin HE

doi:10.15541/jim20190622

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