Nanostructured electrode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries via electrospinning

Science China Materials - Tập 59 Số 4 - Trang 287-321 - 2016
Weihan Li1, Linchao Zeng1, Ying Wu1, Yan Yu2,1
1Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
2Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin, China

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