Hyper-dendritic nanoporous zinc foam anodes

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chamoun, Mylad ^a,b,d   Hertzberg, Benjamin J ^b   Gupta, Tanya ^b   Davies, Daniel ^b   Bhadra, Shoham ^b   Tassell, Barry Van ^c   Erdonmez, Can ^a   Steingart, Daniel A ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

CAPACITY RETENTION; CHARGE DISCHARGE CYCLING; DENDRITIC ARCHITECTURES; DEPTH OF DISCHARGES; ORIENTED CRYSTALS; RATE CAPABILITIES; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84990938469     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2015.32     Document Type: Article

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