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Biocarbon-coated LiFePO4 nucleus nanoparticles enhancing electrochemical performances
Xueguang Zhang1, Xudong Zhang, Wen He
1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Processing and Testing Technology of Glass and Functional Ceramics, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan, China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 1, 2012
Abstract:
We report a simple, inexpensive green biomimetic way for developing the high performance LiFePO(4) for high-power lithium-ion batteries. Biocarbon-coated LiFePO(4) nucleus nanoparticles are synthesized by using yeast cells as both a structural template and a biocarbon source.
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