Three-dimensional Fe2O3 nanocubes/nitrogen-doped graphene aerogels: Nucleation mechanism and lithium storage properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Ronghua ^a   Xu, Chaohe ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Gao, Lian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

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EID: 84943153032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07171     Document Type: Article

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