A highly reversible, low-strain Mg-ion insertion anode material for rechargeable Mg-ion batteries

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Na ^a   Lyu, Ying Chun ^b   Xiao, Rui Juan ^b   Yu, Xiqian ^c   Yin, Ya Xia ^a   Yang, Xiao Qing ^c   Li, Hong ^b   Gu, Lin ^b   Guo, Yu Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; IONS; PHASE SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANODE MATERIAL; ATOMIC SCALE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; MG-ION INSERTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE MECHANISM; TRANSITION REACTIONS;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84906886314     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.61     Document Type: Article

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