Hierarchical carbon nanotube/carbon black scaffolds as short- and long-range electron pathways with superior Li-ion storage performance

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-206

  Liu, Xin Yan ^a   Peng, Hong Jie ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Liu, Xiao Fei ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a   He, Xiangming ^a   Zhu, Wancheng ^b   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cathode; Conductive filler; Electron pathway; Energy storage; Hierarchical nanostructure; Li ion battery

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; FLOW BATTERIES; IONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; SCAFFOLDS;

COMPOSITE CATHODE; CONDUCTIVE FILLERS; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL KINETICS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84893326929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400239u     Document Type: Article

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