Ge nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as an advanced anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 28502-28508

  Xu, Yan ^a   Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Zhou, Xiaosi ^a   Liu, Xia ^a   Liu, Yunxia ^a   Dai, Zhihui ^a   Bao, Jianchun ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; GERMANIUM; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAPHENE; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN;

ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HOMOGENEOUS PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; INITIAL DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84949117079     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509783h     Document Type: Article

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