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Flexible carbon nanostructures with electrospun nickel oxide as a lithium-ion battery anode

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Carbon nanostructures (CNS) with high electrical conductivity and unique branched structure of carbon nanotubes combined with NiO nanofibers (NFs) were used as anode for lithium-ion batteries. CNS works as a framework substrate for the anodic conversion reaction of nickel oxide (NiO). Electrochemical performance and behavior of CNS/NiO anodes is compared with the conventional carbon (C)/NiO anodes. CNS/NiO NF-based anode retains high specific capacity under different current densities compared to C/NiO anode. Moreover, specific capacity as high as 450 mAh/g for CNS/NiO NF anode is observed compared to only 90 mAh/g for C/NiO NFs using a current density of 500 mA/g after 500 cycles. This improved performance is attributed to the highly conductive network of CNS leading to efficient charge transfer. The high porosity, electrical conductivity as well as the branched and networked nature of CNS reveal to be of critical importance to allow the electrochemical conversion reactions.

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    Boor Singh Lalia, Abdullah Khalil & Raed Hashaikeh

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Lalia, B.S., Khalil, A., Shah, T. et al. Flexible carbon nanostructures with electrospun nickel oxide as a lithium-ion battery anode. Ionics 21, 2755–2762 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1482-3

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