Dual yolk-shell structure of carbon and silica-coated silicon for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, L Y ^a   Li, H Z ^a   Liu, J ^a   Sun, Z Q ^b   Tang, S S ^a   Lei, M ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

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EID: 84930672969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10908     Document Type: Article

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