Enhancing the Anode Performance of Antimony through Nitrogen-Doped Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3214-3220

  Liu, Xia ^a   Du, Yichen ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Zhou, Xiaosi ^a   Dai, Zhihui ^a   Bao, Jianchun ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESIGN; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; HYBRID MATERIALS; IONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; YARN;

CARBONNANOTUBE NETWORK (CNT); EXTRACTION PROCESS; HIGH CAPACITY ANODE; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SODIUM ION BATTERIES; STORAGE PROPERTIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84959020657     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11926     Document Type: Article

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