High-performance lithium storage achieved by chemically binding germanium nanoparticles with n-doped carbon

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12922-12930

  Xiao, Ying ^a   Cao, Minhua ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

anode; germanium; lithium ion batteries; monolith; porous structure

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; SCALABILITY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIERARCHICALLY POROUS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MONOLITH; POROUS STRUCTURES; THEORETICAL CAPACITY;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84906241081     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502867f     Document Type: Article

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