High energy density germanium anodes for next generation lithium ion batteries

Applied Chemistry for Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ocon, Joey D ^a   Lee, Jae Kwang ^a   Lee, Jaeyoung ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Germanium; High energy density; Lithium alloying; Lithium batteries; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907616778     PISSN: 12250112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14478/ace.2014.1008     Document Type: Review

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