High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Chan, Candace K ^a   Peng, Hailin ^b   Liu, Gao ^c   McIlwrath, Kevin ^d   Zhang, Xiao Feng ^d   Huggins, Robert A ^b   Cui, Yi ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Hitachi High Technologies America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ANODE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHIUM BATTERY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECHARGEABLE BATTERY; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LITHIUM; MICROELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SILICON;

EID: 37849002504     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.411     Document Type: Article

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