SnSb@carbon nanocable anchored on graphene sheets for sodium ion batteries

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1466-1476

  Li, Li ^a   Seng, Kuok Hau ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Xia, Yongyao ^b   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Guo, Zaiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coaxial structure; grapheme; SnSb; sodium ion batteries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905300145     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0506-z     Document Type: Article

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