Nanostructured lithium titanate and lithium titanate/carbon nanocomposite as anode materials for advanced lithium-ion batteries

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-175

  Xia, Hui ^a   Luo, Zhentao ^b   Xie, Jianping ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anode materials; Lithium ion batteries; Nanostructured lithium titanate

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHARGING (BATTERIES); HYBRID VEHICLES; IONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; STABILITY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADVANCED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; ANODE MATERIAL; ATTRACTIVE STRATEGIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITHIUM TITANATE; NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTRODE MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84924404177     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2012-0049     Document Type: Review

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