Hierarchical nanowires for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

Frontiers of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-322

  Li, Shuo ^a   Dong, Yi Fan ^a   Wang, Dan Dan ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Shi, Chang Wei ^a   Mai, Li Qiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrochemical performance; energy storage; exterior design; hierarchical nanowires; interior design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899938165     PISSN: 20950462     EISSN: 20950470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11467-013-0343-7     Document Type: Review

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