Performance modulation of α-MnO 2 nanowires by crystal facet engineering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Wenxian ^a,b,c   Cui, Xiangyuan ^d,e   Zeng, Rong ^a   Du, Guodong ^a   Sun, Ziqi ^a   Zheng, Rongkun ^d   Ringer, Simon P ^d,e   Dou, Shi Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84946160333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08987     Document Type: Article

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