Controlled synthesis of series NixCo3-xO4 products: Morphological evolution towards quasi-single-crystal structure for high-performance and stable lithium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Zhao, Wenxia ^a   Wang, Hai ^b   Li, Baojun ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Shen, Hui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84932630136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11584     Document Type: Article

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