Scalable fabrication of multifunctional freestanding carbon nanotube/polymer composite thin films for energy conversion

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1347-1356

  Li, Xiaokai ^a   Gittleson, Forrest ^a   Carmo, Marcelo ^a   Sekol, Ryan C ^a   Taylor, André D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; composite; doping; fuel cell; lithium ion battery; solar cell

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ANODES; COMPLEMENTARY PROPERTY; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE THIN FILMS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LITHIUM ION BATTERY; MACRO SCALE; MACROSCALE PROPERTIES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PLATINUM UTILIZATION; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84863238817     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2041544     Document Type: Article

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