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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 197, Issue -, Pages 238-245Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.09.024
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Nitrogen; High concentration; Bamboo-like; Superior electrochemical performance; Electrical conductivity
Funding
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Research Chair (CRC) Program
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Ontario Research Fund (ORF)
- Early Researcher Award (ERA)
- University of Western Ontario
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A floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition method has been developed to synthesize carbon nanotubes doped with a high concentration of nitrogen. Their electrochemical performance as anodes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) in comparison to pristine carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been investigated. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated that the nitrogen content reaches as high as 16.4 at.%. Bamboo-like compartments were fabricated as shown by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. High concentration nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes (HN-CNTs) show approximately double reversible capacity of CNTs: 494 mAh g(-1) vs. 260 mAh g(-1), and present a much better rate capability than CNTs. The significantly superior electrochemical performance could be related to the high electrical conductivity and the larger number of defect sites in HN-CNTs for anodes of LIBs. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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