One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of Nitrogen-doped graphene as high-performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xing, Zheng ^a   Ju, Zhicheng ^a   Zhao, Yulong ^a   Wan, Jialu ^a   Zhu, Yabo ^a   Qiang, Yinghuai ^a   Qian, Yitai ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84969217680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26146     Document Type: Article

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