title: High capacity and exceptional cycling stability of ternary metal sulfide nanorods as Li ion battery anodes.
abstract: Ternary spinel NiCo2S4 nanorods are tested for the first time as anode electrodes for Li ion batteries. When the electrode is fabricated using the carboxymethyl cellulose-polyacryl amide composite binder, it is found to restrict or suppress the formation of a polymeric gel passivation layer. As a result, the electrode not only delivers excellent specific capacity, but also an outstanding rate and cyclic stability with almost no decay up to 100 charge-discharge cycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Systems Engineering, DGIST, Daegu, 711-873, Republic of Korea. jsyu@dgist.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dhrubajyoti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjya
authors.forename: Apurba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinhamahapatra
authors.forename: Jae-Jung
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Jong-Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yu