Nanostructured hybrid silicon/carbon nanotube heterostructures: Reversible high-capacity lithium-ion anodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2233-2241

  Wang, Wei ^a   Kumta, Prashant N ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode; Carbon nanotube; Lithium battery; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON LAYER; AMORPHOUS SI; ANODE AREA; ANODE CARBON; CVD PROCESS; DEALLOYING; FIRST CYCLE; GRAPHITE NANOFIBER; GRAPHITIC ANODE; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH CAPACITY; IRREVERSIBLE LOSS; LIQUID INJECTIONS; LITHIUM IONS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; LONG CYCLES; NANO SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURED; POROUS SI; RATE CAPABILITIES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SI CLUSTERS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SIMPLE APPROACH; SINGLE REACTOR; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALS; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROUS SILICON; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

CARBON NANOTUBE; LITHIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77951730943     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901632g     Document Type: Article

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