Hierarchical Nanocomposite of Hollow N-Doped Carbon Spheres Decorated with Ultrathin WS2 Nanosheets for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 18841-18848

  Zeng, Xiaohui ^a   Ding, Zhengping ^a   Ma, Cheng ^a   Wu, Laidi ^a   Liu, Jiatu ^a   Chen, Libao ^a   Ivey, Douglas G ^b   Wei, Weifeng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hierarchical structure; hollow conductive material; lithium ion storage; synergistic effect; WS2

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; HYBRID MATERIALS; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SPHERES; STRESSES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; LITHIUM ION STORAGES; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84979759122     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b04770     Document Type: Article

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