Mesocrystals - Applications and potential

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 56-65

  Ma, Ming Guo ^a,b   Cölfen, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Lithium ion battery; Mesocrystal; Nanoparticle; Non classical crystallization; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION REACTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MACROSCOPIC SIZES; MESOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE PROPERTIES; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLES;

LITHIUM ION; MESOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BATTERY INDUSTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84902008565     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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