Facile Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemical Materials
2.2. Preparation of ZnO/NCNT and ZnO/CNT
2.3. Material Characterizations
2.4. Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, H.; Liu, Z.; Yang, S.; Zhao, Y.; Feng, Y.; Bakenov, Z.; Zhang, C.; Yin, F. Facile Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Materials 2017, 10, 1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101102
Li H, Liu Z, Yang S, Zhao Y, Feng Y, Bakenov Z, Zhang C, Yin F. Facile Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Materials. 2017; 10(10):1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101102
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Haipeng, Zhengjun Liu, Shuang Yang, Yan Zhao, Yuting Feng, Zhumabay Bakenov, Chengwei Zhang, and Fuxing Yin. 2017. "Facile Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries" Materials 10, no. 10: 1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101102