CuO single crystal with exposed {001} facets-A highly efficient material for gas sensing and Li-ion battery applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Su, Dawei ^a,b   Xie, Xiuqiang ^b   Dou, Shixue ^a   Wang, Guoxiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84906814877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05753     Document Type: Article

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