Hierarchical vine-tree-like carbon nanotube architectures: In-situ CVD self-assembly and their use as robust scaffolds for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Zhao, Meng-Qiang; Peng, Hong-Jie; Tian, Gui-Li; Zhang, Qiang; Huang, Jia-Qi; Cheng, Xin-Bing; Tang, Cheng; Wei, Fei · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Hierarchical vine-tree-like carbon nanotube architectures composed of vine-like single-walled carbon nanotubes wrapping around the tree-like multi-walled carbon nanotubes are fabricated through in-situ chemical vapor deposition self-assembly. The vine-tree-like nanoarchitectures exhibit excellent cycling stability and rate performance when employed as the cathode scaffolds for lithium-sulfur batteries.