title: Binder-free LiCoO2/carbon nanotube cathodes for high-performance lithium ion batteries.
abstract: Binder-free LiCoO(2) -SACNT cathodes with excellent flexibility and conductivity are obtained by constructing a continuous three-dimensional super-aligned carbon nanotube (SACNT) framework with embedded LiCoO(2)  particles. These binder-free cathodes display much better cycling stability, greater rate performance, and higher energy density than classical cathodes with binder. Various functional binder-free SACNT composites can be mass produced by the ultrasonication and co-deposition method described in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Tsinghua-Foxconn, Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiaping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kaili
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qunqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shoushan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D010087:Oxides; C491691:lithium cobalt oxide; D003035:Cobalt