High rate and durable, binder free anode based on silicon loaded MoO3 nanoplatelets

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Martinez Garcia, Alejandro ^a   Thapa, Arjun Kumar ^a   Dharmadasa, Ruvini ^a   Nguyen, Tu Q ^a   Jasinski, Jacek ^a   Druffel, Theodore L ^a   Sunkara, Mahendra K ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

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EID: 84930227211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10530     Document Type: Article

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