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Title: Amorphous boron nanorod as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries at room temperature

Abstract

We report an amorphous boron nanorod anode material for lithium-ion batteries prepared through smelting non-toxic boron oxide in liquid lithium.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Boise State Univ., ID (United States). Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  3. (Olivia) [Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
  5. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Science and Engineering
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1395544
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; CBET-1150617
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 30; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Deng, Changjian, Lau, Miu Lun, Barkholtz, Heather M., Xu, Haiping, Parrish, Riley, Xu, Meiyue, Xu, Tao, Liu, Yuzi, Wang, Hao, Connell, Justin G., Smith, Kassiopeia A., and Xiong, Hui. Amorphous boron nanorod as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries at room temperature. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/c7nr03017g.
Deng, Changjian, Lau, Miu Lun, Barkholtz, Heather M., Xu, Haiping, Parrish, Riley, Xu, Meiyue, Xu, Tao, Liu, Yuzi, Wang, Hao, Connell, Justin G., Smith, Kassiopeia A., & Xiong, Hui. Amorphous boron nanorod as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries at room temperature. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr03017g
Deng, Changjian, Lau, Miu Lun, Barkholtz, Heather M., Xu, Haiping, Parrish, Riley, Xu, Meiyue, Xu, Tao, Liu, Yuzi, Wang, Hao, Connell, Justin G., Smith, Kassiopeia A., and Xiong, Hui. Thu . "Amorphous boron nanorod as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries at room temperature". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr03017g. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1395544.
@article{osti_1395544,
title = {Amorphous boron nanorod as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries at room temperature},
author = {Deng, Changjian and Lau, Miu Lun and Barkholtz, Heather M. and Xu, Haiping and Parrish, Riley and Xu, Meiyue and Xu, Tao and Liu, Yuzi and Wang, Hao and Connell, Justin G. and Smith, Kassiopeia A. and Xiong, Hui},
abstractNote = {We report an amorphous boron nanorod anode material for lithium-ion batteries prepared through smelting non-toxic boron oxide in liquid lithium.},
doi = {10.1039/c7nr03017g},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 30,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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