In-situ one-step hydrothermal synthesis of a lead germanate-graphene composite as a novel anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 7030-

  Wang, Jun ^a   Feng, Chuan Qi ^b   Sun, Zi Qi ^a   Chou, Shu Lei ^a   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Wang, Jia Zhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84922565648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07030     Document Type: Article

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