title: Facile synthesis of carbon-decorated single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanowires and their application as high performance anode in lithium ion batteries.
abstract: A facile microwave-hydrothermal approach has been used to synthesize single-crystalline Fe(3)O(4) nanowires within 15 min at 150 degrees C. The Fe(3)O(4) nanowires, after decorating with carbon, exhibit excellent cyclability and rate performance when employed as an anode in lithium ion batteries.
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Theivanayagam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muraliganth
authors.forename: Arumugam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vadivel Murugan
authors.forename: Arumugam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manthiram
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D004566:Electrodes; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide; D002244:Carbon; D008094:Lithium