Effective Infiltration of Gel Polymer Electrolyte into Silicon-Coated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers as Anodes for Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 20909-20918

  Pandey, Gaind P ^a   Klankowski, Steven A ^a   Li, Yonghui ^a   Sun, Xiuzhi Susan ^a   Wu, Judy ^b   Rojeski, Ronald A ^c   Li, Jun ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Catalyst Power Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

3D silicon anodes; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; gel polymer electrolyte; polymer infiltration; silicon coated vertically aligned carbon nanofibers; solid state lithium ion battery

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOFIBERS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER FILMS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON; SILICON BATTERIES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SPECTROSCOPY;

3-D SILICONS; GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; POLYMER INFILTRATION; SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION BATTERY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84942253449     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06444     Document Type: Article

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