Nanowire Heterostructures Comprising Germanium Stems and Silicon Branches as High-Capacity Li-Ion Anodes with Tunable Rate Capability

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7456-7465

  Kennedy, Tadhg ^a   Bezuidenhout, Michael ^a   Palaniappan, Kumaranand ^a   Stokes, Killian ^a   Brandon, Michael ^a   Ryan, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

branched nanowires; germanium; heterostructure; lithium ion anode; silicon

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; NANOWIRES; SILICON; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BRANCHED NANOWIRES; CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROSTRUCTURE; HIGH RATE CAPABILITY; LITHIUM-ION ANODES; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; TUNABLE PROPERTIES;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 84938118617     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02528     Document Type: Article

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