title: Tailoring nanostructures in micrometer size germanium particles to improve their performance as an anode for lithium ion batteries.
abstract: A facile and scalable single-step approach is employed to synthesize a bulk germanium electrode, which consists of nanoscale Ge-grains in ∼5 μm porous powders. This three-dimensional Ge electrode exhibits superior specific capacity (∼1500 mA h g(-1)) and cyclic performance, attributed to its unique lithiation/delithiation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. zhox@cec.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Fu-Sheng
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Kuber
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Lauryn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: Xin-Xing
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Shu-Guo
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shi-Gang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Zhou