Topotactically synthesized ultralong LiV 3 O 8 nanowire cathode materials for high-rate and long-life rechargeable lithium batteries

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Xu ^a   Luo, Yan Zhu ^a   Mai, Li Qiang ^a,b   Zhao, Yun Long ^a   An, Qin You ^a   Xu, Lin ^a,b   Hu, Fan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Qing Jie ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

high power; high rate; lithium batteries; LiV3O8 nanowires; topotactic synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864128358     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.36     Document Type: Article

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