Complete magnesiothermic reduction reaction of vertically aligned mesoporous silica channels to form pure silicon nanoparticles

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Kyoung Hwan ^a   Lee, Dong Jin ^a   Cho, Kyeong Min ^a   Kim, Seon Joon ^a   Park, Jung Ki ^a   Jung, Hee Tae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84924859613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09014     Document Type: Article

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