Nanomaterials for lithium ion batteries

Nanostructured materials are currently of interest for lithium ion storage devices because of their high surface area, porosity, etc. These characteristics make it possible to introduce new active reactions, decrease the path length for Li ion transport, reduce the specific surface current rate, and improve stability and specific capacity. Moreover, composite nanostructured materials designed to include electronic conductive paths could decrease the inner resistance of lithium ion batteries, leading to higher specific capacities even at high charge/discharge current rates.