Ultradispersed cobalt ferrite nanoparticles assembled in graphene aerogel for continuous photo-fenton reaction and enhanced lithium storage performance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Qiu, Bocheng ^a   Deng, Yuanxin ^a   Du, Mengmeng ^a   Xing, Mingyang ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84977267985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29099     Document Type: Article

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