Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

A hyperaccumulation pathway to three-dimensional hierarchical porous nanocomposites for highly robust high-power electrodes

  • Jian Zhu,
  • Yu Shan,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Hongtao Sun,
  • Zipeng Zhao,
  • Lin Mei,
  • Zheng Fan,
  • Zhi Xu,
  • Imran Shakir,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Bingan Lu,
  • Xiangfeng Duan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13432
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Hyperaccumulation can allow facile enrichment of metal ions in halophytic plants. Here, the authors use the effect to convert plant structures into hierarchical carbon/metal-oxide nanocomposites and demonstrate the structures as battery electrodes combining high power density and excellent cycling stability.