Soft-templated mesoporous carbon-carbon nanotube composites for high performance lithium-ion batteries

Bingkun Guo, Xiqing Wang, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Miaofang Chi, Shannon M. Mahurin, Xiao Guang Sun, Sheng Dai

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Abstract

Mesoporous carbon with homogeneously dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are synthesized via a one-step "brick and mortar" soft-templating approach. Nanocomposites exhibit a reversible lithium storage capacity of 900 mA h g -1 and a good rate performance. Such homogeneous nanocomposites are ideal candidates for electric vehicle applications where high power and energy density are primary requirements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4661-4666
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume23
Issue number40
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 25 2011

Keywords

  • Li-ion battery
  • carbon nanotubes
  • high capacity
  • mesoporous carbon
  • nanocomposite
  • rate performance

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