title: Hierarchical vine-tree-like carbon nanotube architectures: In-situ CVD self-assembly and their use as robust scaffolds for lithium-sulfur batteries.
abstract: Hierarchical vine-tree-like carbon nanotube architectures composed of vine-like single-walled carbon nanotubes wrapping around the tree-like multi-walled carbon nanotubes are fabricated through in-situ chemical vapor deposition self-assembly. The vine-tree-like nanoarchitectures exhibit excellent cycling stability and rate performance when employed as the cathode scaffolds for lithium-sulfur batteries.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Meng-Qiang
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong-Jie
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Gui-Li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-Qi
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xin-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wei
keywords: carbon nanotubes; layered double hydroxides; lithium-sulfur batteries; self assembly; vine-tree-like nanostructures