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  • Preparation of Tin Oxide Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotube Fiber Nanocomposites for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

  • Yumin Lee*, Seungho Ha*, Nayoung Ku*, Kyunbae Lee*, Yeonsu Jung*, Taehoon Kim*†

  • *Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea

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Correspondence to

  • Taehoon Kim

  • Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea

  • E-mail: tkim67@kims.re.kr