Magnesium microspheres and nanospheres: Morphology-controlled synthesis and application in Mg/MnO2 batteries

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 713-721

  Li, Chunsheng ^a   Cheng, Fangyi ^a   Ji, Weiqiang ^a   Tao, Zhanliang ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Micro nanospheres; Primary Mg MnO2 batteries; Vapor transport method

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350321982     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9075-y     Document Type: Article

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