Anatase TiO2 ultrathin nanobelts derived from room-temperature-synthesized titanates for fast and safe lithium storage

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wen, Wei ^a,c   Wu, Jin Ming ^a   Jiang, Yin Zhu ^a   Yu, Sheng Lan ^a   Bai, Jun Qiang ^a   Cao, Min Hua ^b   Cui, Jie ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85078875224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/SREP11804     Document Type: Article

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