title: Aligned carbon nanotube-silicon sheets: a novel nano-architecture for flexible lithium ion battery electrodes.
abstract: Aligned carbon nanotube sheets provide an engineered scaffold for the deposition of a silicon active material for lithium ion battery anodes. The sheets are low-density, allowing uniform deposition of silicon thin films while the alignment allows unconstrained volumetric expansion of the silicon, facilitating stable cycling performance. The flat sheet morphology is desirable for battery construction.
authors.affiliation: Fiber and Polymer Science Program, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Hardik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhanushali
authors.forename: Yongxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stano
authors.forename: Leigang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Xiangwu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D004566:Electrodes; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D008094:Lithium; D012825:Silicon
keywords: anode; carbon nanotube; lithium ion batteries; silicon; super-aligned