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We report on three different in situ and ex situ concentration measurement
methods in symmetric lithium/polymer-electrolyte/lithium cells. We examine
our results on the basis of a simple calculation of ionic concentration wit
hin the electrolyte; in the case where no dendrite is observed, this calcul
ation accounts quantitatively for all experimental results. In the case of
dendritic growth, we can measure the concentration distribution around the
dendrites; this permits correlation of the active parts of the electrodes a
nd of the growing dendrites with local ionic depletion in the vicinity of t
hese active parts. (C) 1999 The Electrochemical Society. S0013-4651(99)04-0
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