Fast Breaking Comment by Professor Doron Aurbach

Professor Doron Aurbach answers a few questions about this month's fast breaking paper in field of Engineering.

From •>>April 2002

Field: Engineering
Article Title: "Review of selected electrode-solution interactions which determine the performance of Li and Li ion batteries"
Authors: Aurbach, D
Journal: J POWER SOURCES
Volume: 89
Page: 206-218
Year: AUG 2000
* Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Chem, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel.
* Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Chem, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel.

Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

It summarizes intensive work that can be valuable for people who are working in the field of lithium batteries, which is very crowded now.

Does it describe a new discovery or new methodology that's useful to others?

The results described in this paper were published before, however, what may be new is the description of an entire picture based on a number of previous articles.

Is it a condensation of previous literature on the subject?

The paper doe indeed include a lot of data from previous literature.

Could you summarize the significance of your paper in layman's terms?

This paper describes complicated surface phenomena in rechargeable lithium and lithium ion batteries on the interfaces of both anodes and cathodes with the electrolyte solutions. It provides a basis for understanding stabilization and failure mechanisms of rechargeable lithium and lithium ion batteries.

Professor Doron Aurbach, Chairman
Department of Chemistry
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan 52900 Israel

ESI Special Topics, April 2002
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