{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sierra L"],"funding":["Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, España"],"pagination":["3760"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9655185"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(21)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The exfoliation of tridimensional crystal structures has recently been considered a new source of bidimensional materials. The new approach offers the possibility of dramatically enlarging the library of bidimensional materials, but the number of nanolayers produced so far is still limited. Here, we report for the first time the use of a new type of material, α-germanium nanolayers (2D α-Ge). The 2D α-Ge is obtained by exfoliating crystals of α-germanium in a simple one-step procedure assisted by wet ball-milling (gram-scale fabrication). The α-germanium nanolayers have been tested as anode material for high-performance LIBs. The results show excellent performance in semi-cell configuration with a high specific capacity of 1630 mAh g<sup>-1</sup> for mass loading of 1 mg cm<sup>-2</sup> at"],"journal":["Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Alpha-Germanium Nanolayers for High-Performance Li-ion Batteries."],"pmcid":["PMC9655185"],"funding_grant_id":["PID2019-111742GBC32, PCI2018-093081 and CEX2018-000805-M"],"pubmed_authors":["Salagre E","Ocon P","Torres I","Michel EG","Zamora F","Sierra L","Aviles Moreno JR","Gibaja C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Alpha-Germanium Nanolayers for High-Performance Li-ion Batteries.","description":"The exfoliation of tridimensional crystal structures has recently been considered a new source of bidimensional materials. The new approach offers the possibility of dramatically enlarging the library of bidimensional materials, but the number of nanolayers produced so far is still limited. Here, we report for the first time the use of a new type of material, α-germanium nanolayers (2D α-Ge). The 2D α-Ge is obtained by exfoliating crystals of α-germanium in a simple one-step procedure assisted by wet ball-milling (gram-scale fabrication). The α-germanium nanolayers have been tested as anode material for high-performance LIBs. The results show excellent performance in semi-cell configuration with a high specific capacity of 1630 mAh g<sup>-1</sup> for mass loading of 1 mg cm<sup>-2</sup> at","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-25T23:36:46.927Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:23:54.708Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9655185","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36364534"],"doi":["10.3390/nano12213760"]}}