Novel germanium/polypyrrole composite for high power lithium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gao, Xuanwen ^a   Luo, Wenbin ^a   Zhong, Chao ^a   Wexler, David ^a   Chou, Shu Lei ^a   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Shi, Zhicong ^b   Chen, Guohua ^b,c   Ozawa, Kiyoshi ^d   Wang, Jia Zhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84906814744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06095     Document Type: Article

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