Hydrothermal synthesis of nano-silicon from a silica sol and its use in lithium ion batteries

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1497-1504

  Liang, Jianwen ^a   Li, Xiaona ^a   Zhu, Yongchun ^a   Guo, Cong ^a   Qian, Yitai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

energy storage; hydrothermal synthesis; nanomaterials; silicon; silicon sol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939253291     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0633-6     Document Type: Article

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