Synthesis of Microspherical LiFePO4-Carbon Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Synthesis of LiFePO4/C Microspheres
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Electrochemical Measurements
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Yu, L.; Cai, D.; Wang, H.; Titirici, M.-M. Synthesis of Microspherical LiFePO4-Carbon Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Nanomaterials 2013, 3, 443-452. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030443
Yu L, Cai D, Wang H, Titirici M-M. Synthesis of Microspherical LiFePO4-Carbon Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Nanomaterials. 2013; 3(3):443-452. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030443
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Linghui, Dandan Cai, Haihui Wang, and Maria-Magdalena Titirici. 2013. "Synthesis of Microspherical LiFePO4-Carbon Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries" Nanomaterials 3, no. 3: 443-452. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030443