Facile synthesis and electrochemical properties of alpha-phase ferric oxide hematite cocoons and rods as high-performance anodes for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 824-831

  Ang, Wei An ^a,b   Gupta, Nutan ^a,c   Prasanth, Raghavan ^a,b   Hng, Huey Hoon ^a   Madhavi, Srinivasan ^a,b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

chemical synthesis; energy storage; oxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE DISCHARGES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANODES; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

ANODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY STORAGE; HEMATITE; OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875305917     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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