Stacked-cup-type MWCNTs as highly stable lithium-ion battery anodes

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-187

  Li, Juchuan ^a   Kaur, Aman Preet ^b   Meier, Mark S ^b   Cheng, Yang Tse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode (negative electrode); Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Lithium ion battery; Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; LITHIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES; MATERIALS STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE ELECTRODE; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FILM;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84891873029     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-013-0625-3     Document Type: Article

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