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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 20, Issue 14, Pages 2794-2800Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b926576g
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Novel carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were prepared on a large-scale. Their morphology and structure were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Raman measurements. It was found that the prepared CNTs possess a uadrangular cross section, as well as one open end and herringbone-like walls, so these novel CNTs were named q-CNTs. The unique morphology of q-CNTs implies broad potential applications in many fields, including drug delivery, conductive and high-strength composites, field emission displays and radiation sources, hydrogen storage media, and supercapacitors. When used as the anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, q-CNTs exhibit excellent high-rate performance (a high-reversible capacity of 181 mAh g(-1) at the current density of 1000 mA g(-1) (ca. 3 C)), which is much higher than that of the common multi-wall carbon nanotubes. This high-rate performance should be attributed to the unique nanostructure of q-CNTs, which results in a high diffusion coefficient for lithium ions in the q-CNTs.
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