Scalable synthesis of nano-silicon from beach sand for long cycle life Li-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Favors, Zachary ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Bay, Hamed Hosseini ^a   Mutlu, Zafer ^a   Ahmed, Kazi ^a   Liu, Chueh ^a   Ozkan, Mihrimah ^a   Ozkan, Cengiz S ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

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EID: 84903944656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05623     Document Type: Article

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