Ternary self-assembly of ordered metal oxide-graphene nanocomposites for electrochemical energy storage

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1587-1595

  Wang, Donghai ^a,c   Kou, Rong ^a   Choi, Daiwon ^a   Yang, Zhenguo ^a   Nie, Zimin ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Saraf, Laxmikant V ^a   Hu, Dehong ^a   Zhang, Jiguang ^a   Graff, Gordon L ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Pope, Michael A ^b   Aksay, Ilhan A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Li ion battery; Nanocomposite; Ordered

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING LAYERS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CHARGE/DISCHARGE; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LI-ION BATTERIES; LI-ION BATTERY; LI-ION INSERTION; METAL OXIDES; MULTISCALES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOCRYSTALLINE METAL; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; SELF ASSEMBLED NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD; SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY; TEMPLATED; TWO-PHASE MATERIALS;

ELECTRODES; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; GRAPHENE; IONS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE FILMS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 77950152488     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901819n     Document Type: Article

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