PMID- 26203785
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160113
LR  - 20150806
IS  - 2040-3372 (Electronic)
IS  - 2040-3364 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 32
DP  - 2015 Aug 28
TI  - Enhanced electrochemical performance by unfolding a few wings of graphene 
      nanoribbons of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as an anode material for Li ion 
      battery applications.
PG  - 13379-86
LID - 10.1039/c5nr03443d [doi]
AB  - The present work provides an incredible route towards achieving the ideal Li ion 
      battery anode material with high specific capacity and rate capability as a 
      result of unraveling a few upper layers of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) 
      as graphene nanoribbons attached to the core MWNT. These partially exfoliated 
      nanotubes when used as an anode material show an 880 mA h g(-1) capacity at a 100 
      mA g(-1) current density and high rate capability by delivering a stable 157 mA h 
      g(-1) capacity at a current density of 10 A g(-1). The enhanced performance of 
      this anode material can be attributed to the synergistic effect of the 
      homogeneous distribution of the hybrid carbon nanostructure of 1-D multiwalled 
      carbon nanotubes and 2-D graphene nanoribbons. This configuration provides a 
      large available surface area, high electrical conductivity and a high number of 
      defect sites, leading to improved Li intercalation with a better transfer rate 
      compared to only graphene, multiwalled carbon nanotubes or other reported 
      combinations of the two.
FAU - Sahoo, Madhumita
AU  - Sahoo M
AD  - Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL), Nano-Functional 
      Materials and Technology Centre (NFMTC), Department of Physics, Indian Institute 
      of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India. ramp@iitm.ac.in.
FAU - Ramaprabhu, S
AU  - Ramaprabhu S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150723
PL  - England
TA  - Nanoscale
JT  - Nanoscale
JID - 101525249
EDAT- 2015/07/24 06:00
MHDA- 2015/07/24 06:01
CRDT- 2015/07/24 06:00
PHST- 2015/07/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/07/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/07/24 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c5nr03443d [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nanoscale. 2015 Aug 28;7(32):13379-86. doi: 10.1039/c5nr03443d. Epub 2015 Jul 23.