title: Lithium-ion batteries based on vertically-aligned carbon nanotube electrodes and ionic liquid electrolytes.
abstract: In conjunction with environmentally benign ionic liquid electrolytes, vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs) sheathed with and without a coaxial layer of vanadium oxide (V(2)O(5)) were used as both cathode and anode, respectively, to develop high-performance and high-safety lithium-ion batteries. The VA-CNT anode and V(2)O(5)-VA-CNT cathode showed a high capacity (600 mAh g(-1) and 368 mAh g(-1), respectively) with a high rate capability. This led to potential to achieve a high energy density (297 Wh kg(-1)) and power density (12 kW kg(-1)) for the prototype batteries to significantly outperform the current state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries.
authors.affiliation: ADA Technologies Inc., 8100 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, CO 80127, USA.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goering
authors.forename: Liangti
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dai