Carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials: critical advances and challenges for synthesis toward mainstream commercial applications

R Rao, CL Pint, AE Islam, RS Weatherup, S Hofmann… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we …

Design considerations for unconventional electrochemical energy storage architectures

A Vlad, N Singh, C Galande… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Batteries have become fundamental building blocks for the mobility of modern society.
Continuous development of novel battery chemistries and electrode materials has nourished …

Fe7C3 nanoparticles with in situ grown CNT on nitrogen doped hollow carbon cube with greatly enhanced conductivity and ORR performance for alkaline fuel cell

L Chai, Z Hu, X Wang, L Zhang, TT Li, Y Hu, J Pan… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Reasonable design of the porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to convert a burgeoning
carbon-based catalysts with high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity are still …

Highly conductive three-dimensional MnO 2–carbon nanotube–graphene–Ni hybrid foam as a binder-free supercapacitor electrode

G Zhu, Z He, J Chen, J Zhao, X Feng, Y Ma, Q Fan… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotube (CNT)–graphene hybrids grown on porous Ni foam are used as
substrates to immobilize MnO2 nanoflakes, thus forming three-dimensional (3D) MnO2–CNT …

In situ fabrication of three-dimensional, ultrathin graphite/carbon nanotube/NiO composite as binder-free electrode for high-performance energy storage

W Liu, C Lu, X Wang, K Liang, BK Tay - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal oxides have attracted considerable attention as promising electrode materials for
energy storage, but the use of metal oxides for electrodes still faces challenges such as …

Three-dimensional, free-standing polyaniline/carbon nanotube composite-based electrode for high-performance supercapacitors

R Malik, L Zhang, C McConnell, M Schott, YY Hsieh… - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Vertically aligned Carbon Nanotube (CNT) arrays are synthesized directly on CNT
sheets used as substrates by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) in NH …

Spectroscopic evaluation of charge-transfer doping and strain in graphene/ heterostructures

R Rao, AE Islam, S Singh, R Berry, RK Kawakami… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
It is important to study the van der Waals interface in emerging vertical heterostructures
based on layered two-dimensional (2D) materials. Being atomically thin, 2D materials are …

Graphene carbon nanotube carpets grown using binary catalysts for high-performance lithium-ion capacitors

RV Salvatierra, D Zakhidov, J Sha, ND Kim, SK Lee… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Here we show that a versatile binary catalyst solution of Fe3O4/AlO x nanoparticles enables
homogeneous growth of single to few-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) carpets from three …

[HTML][HTML] High energy density flexible and ecofriendly lithium-ion smart battery

OA Kuznetsov, S Mohanty, E Pigos, G Chen… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapidly growing battery market demands both high energy density and waste-
management solutions for the anticipated global annual battery waste of about two million …

Pillared graphene as an ultra-high sensitivity mass sensor

K Duan, L Li, Y Hu, X Wang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Hybrid structure of graphene sheets supported by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) sustains
unique properties of both graphene and CNTs, which enables the utilization of advantages …