Uniform yolk-shell iron sulfide-carbon nanospheres for superior sodium-iron sulfide batteries

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yun Xiao ^a,b   Yang, Jianping ^a,b,c   Chou, Shu Lei ^a   Liu, Hua Kun ^a   Zhang, Wei Xian ^c   Zhao, Dongyuan ^b   Dou, Shi Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHELL; SODIUM; SUSTAINABILITY; VOID;

EID: 84945559802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9689     Document Type: Article

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