Lithiation of silicon nanoparticles confined in carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5063-5071

  Yu, Wan Jing ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Hou, Peng Xiang ^a   Zhang, Lili ^a   Shan, Xu Yi ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; confinement effect; in situ TEM; lithium ion batteries; silicon nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH RATE CAPABILITY; IN-SITU TEM; LITHIUM STORAGE CAPACITY; SILICON NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84930227127     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00157     Document Type: Article

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